University of Arizona, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Chronology of Education

Undergraduate
9/1982-6/1987 BA University of California, Davis

Professional School
8/1988-6/1992 OD University of California, Berkeley

Graduate School
8/1996-12/2001 PhD University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Program in Vision Science
Dissertation Title: “Pterygium Evaluation Project”
Advisor: Ian L. Bailey, OD, MS
Major Fields: Vision Science, Public Health, Biostatistics,
Epidemiology

Honors and Awards

5/1992 Harold Cohn Award for Best OD Thesis in Clinical Research, University of California, Berkeley

7/1996 Distinguished Service Award, University of California, Berkeley
5/1997 Mentored Clinical Scientist, Development Award (K23), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
7/1997 Minnie F. Turner Award, Minnie Flaura Turner Memorial Award
9/1999 William C. Ezell Fellowship, American Optometric Foundation.
10/2018 Fellow, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH)/International
10/2019 Brien Holden Humanitarian of the Year, American Academy of Optometry

Local/State Outreach
1/2002-Present Arizona Optometric Association
10/2004-Present Visiting Lecturer, Low Vision Optics, UA College of Education
4/2008-Present Lecturer, Vision as a Chronic Disease Outcome, UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

National/International Outreach
9/1995-Present American Academy of Optometry
9/1995-Present Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
9/2011-Present Visiting Lecturer, Ophthalmological Society, Sonora, Mexico, “Lentes de Contacto y el Keratoconus”
10/2017-Present President Elect, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH)/International (2019-2021 term)
10/2019-Present President, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH)/International

Manuscript Review
01/2014-Present Journal of Ophthalmology
06/2005-Present Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
07/2002-Present Optometry and Vision Science
04/2016-Present Journal of the Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Department Committees
6/2004-Present Speaker Coordinator, Science of Eye Disease Seminar Series
9/2018-Present Faculty Recruitment Committee, Chair

7/1987-8/1988 Research Associate, Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis
9/1992-5/1993 Vision Screening Optometrist, Alameda-CCC Optometric Society
9/1992-8/1995 Optometrist, Michael S. Matthews, OD, San Francisco, CA
8/1995-8/1996 Optometrist, Alameda-CCC Optometric Society
1/1994-12/2001 Optometrist, La Clinica de la Raza, Oakland, CA
1/1996-12/2001 Senior Optometrist, University of California, Berkeley
1/2002-9/2002 Research Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Arizona
9/2002-8/2014 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Arizona
8/2014-Present Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Arizona
9/2015-12/2015 Senior Lecturer, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya
1/2020-Present Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Arizona

Publications/Creative Activity
* denotes publications from my graduate studies

Chapters in Scholarly Books
1. *Twelker JD, Bailey IL. Clinical evaluation of pterygium. In: Taylor, HR (ed) Pterygium, pp 57-69. The Hague, The Netherlands: Kugler Publications 2000.

Refereed Journal Articles
1. Johnson CA, Adams AJ, Twelker JD, Quigg JM. Age-related changes in the central visual field for short-wavelength-sensitive pathways. J Opt Soc Am 1988;5:2131-9.
2. Nelson-Quigg JM, Twelker JD, Johnson CA. Response properties of normal observers and patients during automated perimetry. Arch Ophthalmol 1989;107:1612-5. PMID: 2818281.
3. Egashira S, Kish L, Twelker JD, Mutti DO, Zadnik K, Adams AJ. Comparison of cyclopentolate versus tropicamide cycloplegia in children. Optom Vision Sci 1993;70:1019-26. PMID: 8115124.