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
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series one
Editorial: Myopia – A 21st Century Public Health Issue
IMI Myopia Control Reports Overview and Introduction
IMI Defining and Classifying Myopia: A Proposed Set of Standards for Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies
IMI Report on Experimental Models of Emmetropization and Myopia
IMI Myopia Genetics Report
IMI Interventions for Controlling Myopia Onset and Progression Report
IMI Clinical myopia control trials and instrumentation report
IMI Industry guidelines and ethical considerations for myopia control
IMI Clinical management myopia guidelines report
Update and guidance on management of myopia
series two
IMI 2021 Reports and Digest – Reflection on the Implications for Clinical Practice
IMI Impact of Myopia
IMI Risk Factors for Myopia
IMI Accommodation and Binocular Vision in Myopia Development and Progression
IMI Pathologic Myopia
IMI Prevention of Myopia and its Progression
IMI 2021 Yearly Digest
series three
IMI 2023 White Papers Introduction
IMI Onset and Progression of Myopia in Young Adults
IMI Management and Investigation of High Myopia in Infants and Young Children
IMI – The Dynamic Choroid: New Insights, Challenges, and Potential Significance for Human Myopia
IMI Non-Pathological Human Ocular Tissue Changes with Axial Myopia
IMI Global trends in myopia management attitudes and strategies in clinical practice – 2022 Update
IMI 2023 Digest
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Commemorative Issue
Collective issue of the IMI White Papers is available for download.
IMI Clinical Summaries Issues
Collective issues of the below IMI Clinical Summaries are available in the following languages.
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
Gabi Steenbekkers BOptom
Myopia Management Specialist at Procornea Nederland/ CooperVision Specialty Eyecare Division
IMI Volume One
Translator: 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
Reviewer: Dr Ornella Koumbo OD, PhD
BHVI Sydney
IMI Volume Two
Translator: Mhamed Ouzzani MSc, PhD Candidate
Optometrist, Université de Montréal, Canada and Université Oran 1, Algeria
Reviewer: Professor Arnaud Sauer PhD, MD
Peter Wagner BOptom
BHVI Sydney
Dr Sotiris Plainis PhD, MSc, FBCLA
Research Fellow, Institute of Vision and Optics, Honourary Lecturer, University of Manchester (School of Life Sciences), Research Fellow, Aston University, England
Dr Eleni Poulere OD, MSc
Scientific Assistant, contact-lenses.gr, Heraklion, Greece
IMI Volume One
Translator: Maria Giulia Muzzi DipOptom, FAAO
Occhio x Occhio, Ferrara, Italy
Reviewer: Giancarlo Montani DipOptom, FBCLA
Corso di Ottica e Optometria, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “Ennio De Giorgi”, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
IMI Volume Two
Translator: Maria Giulia Muzzi DipOptom, FAAO
Occhio x Occhio, Ferrara, Italy
Reviewer: 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 Safal Khanal OD PhD, SOVS
University of Auckland, New Zealand
IMI Volume One
Professor Edson Santos-Neto MD, PhD
Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
IMI Volume Two
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
IMI Volume One
Translator: 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
Translator: 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
Reviewer: Olga Prenat
VP Global Education and Professional Relations, Essilor International
IMI Volume Two
Translator: 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
Reviewer: Dr Denis Plotnikov MD, PhD
Genetic Epidemiology Lab, Kazan State Medical University, Russia
Dr Luisa Casas Luque OD, PhD
BHVI Sydney
Dr Antonio Abengózar-Vela PhD, OD
Centro Óptico COAV, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Translator: Dr Lovisa Fagerlund, Optometrist, MSc, FBCLA
Reviewer: Dr Karim Makdoumi, Ophthalmologist, MD, PhD
Professor Uğur Emrah Altıparmak MD, FICO
Professor of Ophthalmology, Acıbadem Ankara Hospital, Eye Clinic, Turkey
IMI Volume One
Dr Minh Anh Tran OD
Optometry Department, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Undergraduate students:
- Anh Quyen Bui
- Quang Vu Duong
- Thu Huong Ha
- Trang Tran
- Nhat Hoang Nguyen
- Thuy Nguyen
- Thu Pham
- Thanh Nam Tong
IMI Volume Two
Dr Minh Anh Tran OD
Optometry Department, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Undergraduate students:
- Nguyen Thi Thuy Phuong
- Pham Van Anh
- Nguyen Hai Yen
- Pham Thi Dung
- Nguyen Nhat Hoang
Supporting Staff
Christy Sebastian (IMI Intern, Sept 2020 – Sept 2021)
Christy commenced her position as an IMI intern in September 2020, persuaded by a keen interest in myopia and vision research. She believes that myopia progression as well as the associated visual complications are a critical concern, and that they must be addressed by building awareness through advances in education and research. Christy’s passion for science and healthcare has motivated her to study a Bachelor of Vision Science at the University of Canberra.
Supported by the International Myopia Institute.
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)
