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Dr

Bao Nguyen

Lecturer
Optometry And Vision Sciences
Visual perception
Neuroimaging
visual function
brain
migraine
eye
glaucoma
healthy ageing
visual development
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Dr

Bao Nguyen

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Neuroscience
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Dr Bao Nguyen is a clinician (optometrist) and researcher in human visual neuroscience. She is primarily focused on using vision to understand changes in the healthy brain across a lifetime, from childhood development through to older adulthood.

Bao is also interested in measuring visual function (using non-invasive electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods) and visual perception (using psychophysical methods) in ocular disease (e.g. glaucoma, high myopia), neurological conditions (e.g. migraine), and systemic conditions that can have ocular manifestations (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus infection) to better understand the underlying pathophysiology and visual experience of these patients. Bao is a lecturer in the Doctor of Optometry program and supervises graduate researchers in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences at The University of Melbourne.

Projects

Displaying the 2 most recent projects by Bao Nguyen.

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Visual ageing in HIV: new perspectives on an ‘old’ problem

2020 - 2021
Active
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Improving headache screening in optometric practice

2018 - 2019
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

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Internal Research Grant

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Research Grant

Additional Information

2018 Melbourne School of Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Grant (The University of Melbourne) 2017 Melbourne Neuroscience Institute Research Fellowship (The University of Melbourne) 2017 Melbourne School of Health Sciences International Strategic Research Seeding Grant (The University of Melbourne) 2017 RM Gibson Research Fund Grant (Australian Association of Gerontology) 2017 Melbourne HIV Exchange Collaborative Seed Grant

Scholarly Works

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Orientation-dependency of perceptual surround suppression and orientation decoding of centre-surround stimuli are preserved with healthy ageing

Bao N Nguyen, Yu Man Chan, Stefan Bode, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2020  |  Vision Research

A key visual neuronal property that is mirrored in human behaviour is centre-surround contrast suppression, which is orientation-d..

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Migraine Screening in Primary Eye Care Practice: Current Behaviors and the Impact of Clinician Education

Bao N Nguyen, Sumeer Singh, Laura E Downie, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEADACHE

BACKGROUND: Migraine is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Optometrists are primary eye care providers, who regularly encounter peop..

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Illusory Motion Perception Is Associated with Contrast Discrimination but Not Motion Sensitivity, Self-Reported Visual Discomfort, or Migraine Status

Chongyue He, Ngoc Nguyen Bao, Yu Man Chan, Allison Maree McKendrick

Journal article  |  2020  |  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Purpose: Altered visual processing of motion and contrast has been previously reported in people with migraine. One possible manif..

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Meibomian gland dropout is associated with immunodeficiency at HIV diagnosis: Implications for dry eye disease

Bao N Nguyen, Amy W Chung, Ester Lopez, Julie Silvers, Helen E Kent, Stephen J Kent, Laura E Downie

Journal article  |  2020  |  OCULAR SURFACE

AIM: To characterize anterior eye health and tear film characteristics in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) unde..

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Ageing elevates peripheral spatial suppression of motion regardless of divided attention

Soa Park, Bao N Nguyen, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2020  |  Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

PURPOSE: It is more difficult to perceive the direction of motion of larger, high contrast patterns than smaller, low contrast pat..

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Geometry of the Retinal Nerve Fibers From Emmetropia Through to High Myopia at Both the Temporal Raphe and Optic Nerve

Phillip Bedggood, Soumya Mukherjee, Bao N Nguyen, Andrew Turpin, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2019  |  Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

Purpose: The geometry of retinal nerve fibers may be altered with myopia, a known risk factor for glaucoma. Recent developments in..

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Quantified Motion Illusion Strength Does Not Correlate With Daily Visual Discomfort in People With Migraine

Chongyue He, Bao N Nguyen, Yu Man Chan, Allison M McKendrick

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  PERCEPTION

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Normative retrobulbar measurements of the optic nerve using ultra high field magnetic resonance imaging

Bao N Nguyen, Jon O Cleary, Rebecca Glarin, Scott C Kolbe, Bradford A Moffat, Roger J Ordidge, Bang V Bui, Allison M McKendrick

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE

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An Electrophysiological Comparison of Contrast Response Functions in Younger and Older Adults, and Those With Glaucoma

Jia Jia Lek, Bao N Nguyen, Allison M McKendrick, Algis J Vingrys

Journal article  |  2019  |  INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE

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Spatial vision in older adults: perceptual changes and neural bases

Allison M McKendrick, Yu Man Chan, Bao N Nguyen

Journal article  |  2018  |  OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Ophthalmology and Optometry
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Neurosciences
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Expanding Knowledge
Psychology

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Carers Travel Grant, Australasian Neuroscience Society
2019

Travel Grant, Australian College of Optometry
2017

BioMedVic Early Career Clinician Researcher Award
2016

Travel Grant, Australian College of Optometry
2012

Travel Grant, International Society for the Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
2011

Health Sector Leadership Program
2011

Travel Grant, Optometry Australia
2011

Travel Grant, Australian College of Optometry
2010

Travel Grant, Scientific and Educators Meeting in Optometry
2009

Elizabeth and Vernon Puzey Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Melbourne
2008

Faculty of Science Dean's Honours List, University of Melbourne
2008

DAAD German Academic Exchange
2008

Melbourne Abroad Scholarship, University of Melbourne
2007

Faculty of Science Dean's Honours List, University of Melbourne
2006

Margaret Sefton Delmer Prize for 2nd Year German, University of Melbourne
2004

Faculty of Science Dean's Prize for Entry into Bachelor of Optometry, University of Melbourne
2004

Faculty of Science Dean's Honours List, University of Melbourne
2004

Commonwealth Learning Scholarship, University of Melbourne
2014

Fellow of the Australian College of Optometry

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Positions

Lecturer

Optometry And Vision Sciences

Member

Australasian Neuroscience Society

Member

Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Member

Society for Neuroscience

Member

Australian Association of Gerontology

Member

International Society for the Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision

Member

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Member

Optometry Australia

Fellow

Australian College of Optometry

Education

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Optometry

University of Melbourne

Diploma of Modern Languages

University of Melbourne

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