Optometrist

Duties

Provide expertise in operational medicine and space-based research, and collaborate with national and international experts in ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, cardiovascular physiology, nutritional biochemistry, exercise, and neuroradiology.

Coordinate and participate in ocular examinations for astronauts in space, including visual acuity, fundoscopy, Ocular Coherence Tomography, ocular ultrasound, and the pre-mission training of these specialized tests.

Serve as the Subject Matter Expert during remotely guided ocular testing and data collection of on-orbit crewmembers to ensure quality data and provide an initial analysis and clinical interpretation of test results for research and/or operations.

Contribute to hardware research, development, test, and evaluation particularly for portable devices for retinal imaging, visual field testing, auto-refraction, and other future initiatives to be determined.

Participate in laboratory team meetings (i.e., Cardiovascular and Vision Laboratory, Nutritional Biochemistry, etc.) related to current and future research, ocular-related grant proposal development, implementation, data analyses and reporting.

Participate on the interdisciplinary Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS) team for monitoring, assessing, and managing ocular-related human system risks (i.e., SANS).

Serve as a NASA organization/technical bridge between the operational flight medicine and science research teams.