Starting with a World Health Organization (WHO) global scientific meeting on myopia at BHVI, Sydney in 2015, the International Myopia Institute was then formed to continue the efforts of the meeting and address the challenges of myopia and high myopia.
Full IMI White Papers and translated IMI Clinical Summaries are available below.
IMI White Paper Taskforce Interviews
Access interviews with IMI White Paper taskforce chairs, providing a quick snapshot of key evidence available from our growing body IMI White Papers since 2019.
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Translation and Support
We would like to acknowledge the translators and support staff who have helped to further disseminate the IMI White Paper findings around the world in the following languages.
Nicole Xiao Liu MOptom, PhD Candidate
BHVI Sydney
Lingyi Zhao MBSS, PhD Candidate
Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Gabi Steenbekkers BOptom
Global Medical Advisor, Myopia at EssilorLuxottica
Professor Arnaud Sauer PhD, MD, FEBO
Senior Registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Strasbourg University Hospital, France Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Strasbourg University, France Head of the Grand Est Orthoptics’ School, Strasbourg University France
Dr Ornella Koumbo OD, PhD
BHVI Sydney
Mhamed Ouzzani MSc, PhD Candidate
Optometrist, Université de Montréal, Canada and Université Oran 1, Algeria
Dr Rebecca Farhat MD
Ophthalmologist chez Hôpital Cochin
Catherine Kaczmarek BOptom
Instructor in Optometry at the High School of Ilya Prigogine in Brussels (HELB), Optometrist Consultant
Professor Serge Resnikoff PhD, MD Chair, International Myopia Institute Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales Chair, Our Children’s Vision President & Chair, Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité
Peter Wagner BOptom
BHVI Sydney
Dr Sotiris Plainis PhD, MSc, FBCLA
Principle Research Fellow, Laboratory of Optics and Vision (LOV), School of Medicine, University of Crete
Visiting Research Fellow, Aston University, UK
Eleni Poulere Optician-Optometrist, MSc
Scientific Assistant, contact-lenses.gr, Heraklion, Greece
Oded Zvibach BOptom Optometrist, Professional Services Manager and Training, Crystal Optic Industries, Israel
Maria Giulia Muzzi DipOptom, FAAO
Occhio x Occhio, Ferrara, Italy
Giancarlo Montani DipOptom, FBCLA
Corso di Ottica e Optometria, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “Ennio De Giorgi”, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Dr. Fabrizio Zeri PhD
Dipartimento di Scienze dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
吉岡奈由太 Dr Nayuta Yoshioka BOptom, FAAO
PhD Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr So Goto MD, PhD, MPH
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Dr Safal Khanal OD PhD, SOVS
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Professor Edson Santos-Neto MD, PhD
Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Patricia Ioschpe Gus MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
Dr José Manuel González-Méijome PhD, FAAO, FBCLA
Professor, Universidade do Minho
Professor Alexander Myagkov and team
Director of the Russian Academy of Medical Optics and Optometry, C уважением, Мягков Александр Владимирович, профессор, д.м.н. директор НОЧУ ДПО “Академия медицинской оптики и оптометрии
Professor Irina Smirnova Yuryevna MD, PhD
Director of the Siberian Paediatric Ophthalmological Society, С уважением, СЦПЛБ “Глазка” директор центра врач-офтальмолог к.м.н. Смирнова Ирина Юрьевна
Olga Prenat
VP Global Education and Professional Relations, Essilor International
Dr Denis Plotnikov MD, PhD
Genetic Epidemiology Lab, Kazan State Medical University, Russia
Professor Elena Iomdina Biol.Sci, PhD
Director of the Russian Academy of Medical Optics and Optometry, C уважением, Мягков Александр Владимирович, профессор, д.м.н. директор НОЧУ ДПО “Академия медицинской оптики и оптометрии
Dr Luisa Casas Luque OD, PhD
BHVI Sydney
Dr Antonio Abengózar-Vela PhD, OD
Centro Óptico COAV, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Dr Ariolfo Vazquez OD, FIACLE, FSLS
Ophthalmologist, Oftalmolaser Clinic, Cuenca-Ecuador
Dr. Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido OD, MSc, PhD
Clinical Affairs Manager & Senior Research Scientist, Menicon Co.
Edgar Davilia-Garcia OD, FIACLE, FSLS, NCLE-AC Optometrist-Consultant, Bausch + Lomb
Elena García Rubio OD, MDc Director of Instituto Nacional de la Visión, Madrid
Lovisa Fagerlund, Optometrist, MSc, FBCLA
Anna Lindskoog Pettersson, Optometrist, PhD, FBCLA (Series 3)
Karim Makdoumi, Opthalmologist, MD,PhD (Series 1)
Professor Uğur Emrah Altıparmak MD, FICO
Professor of Ophthalmology, Acıbadem Ankara Hospital, Eye Clinic, Turkey
Dr Minh Anh Tran OD
Optometry Department, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Dr Huy Tran Dinh Minh MD. MSc.
Dr Pietro M. Kheir MD
Oncology Scientific Value Enabler (Medical Manager/ Medical Advisor) – Levant
The publication costs of the International Myopia Institute reports were supported by donations from the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Carl Zeiss Vision, CooperVision, Essilor, Alcon, and Vision Impact Institute.
Disclosure: S. Resnikoff, Brien Holden Vision Institute (C); J.B. Jonas,P;D. Friedman, None; M. He, None; M. Jong, None; J.J.Nichols, None; K. Ohno-Matsui, Novartis (F), Bayer (F), Santen (F), Senju (F); E.L. Smith III, Brien Holden Vision Institute (F), Tree House Eyes (C), SightGlass Vision (C), P; C.F. Wildsoet,P; H.R. Taylor, None; J.S. Wolffsohn, Alcon (F), Allergan (F), Aston EyeTech (F), Bausch & Lomb (F), BetterVision Ltd (F), Cooper-Vision (F, C), Eaglet Eye (F), European Union (F), Eyebag (F), EMPharma (F), EyeDocs (F), Gelflex (F), Innovate UK (F), Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (F, C, R), Lenstec (F), Medmont (F), Rayner (F), Tearlab (F), Th´ea (F), Optimec (F), Visioncare Research (F, C), Aston EyeTech (I), Atiya Vision (C), British Contact LensAssociation (C), University of Houston (C), Shire (C), Santen (C, R), RB (C), Santen (R), P; T.Y. Wong, Allergan (C), Bayer (C), Genentech (C), Novartis (C), Roche (C)