Dr Alison McDermott

Dr Alison McDermott

Visiting Professorial Fellow
Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science

Professor McDermott was awarded her PhD in Biochemistry by the University of London, Imperial College in 1991 then went on to conduct post-doctoral research at Cornell University, McMaster University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the faculty of the University of Houston, College of Optometry in 1998, where she remained for almost two decades teaching optometry students, supervising graduate students and carrying out research on ocular surface wound healing, inflammation, infection and immunity. In 2017 she returned to her native UK where she is now a Professor at Northumbria University. Here she teaches immunology and pathology to biomedical science students and continues her research on the ocular surface in health and disease. She is an active member of several optometric societies including the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, the International Society for Contact Lens Research and is a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association. She also sits on the editorial board of Eye and Contact Lens, reviews papers for many journals and evaluates grants for several national and international funding agencies.

Phone
+61 2 9385 4639
Location
School of Optometry and Vision Science
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Cappiello F; Verma S; Lin X; Moreno IY; Casciaro B; Dutta D; McDermott AM; Willcox M; Coulson-Thomas VJ; Mangoni ML, 2023, 'Novel Peptides with Dual Properties for Treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis: Antibacterial and Corneal Wound Healing', Biomolecules, 13, pp. 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom13071028
    Journal articles | 2021
    Willcox M; Keir N; Maseedupally V; Masoudi S; McDermott A; Mobeen R; Purslow C; Santodomingo-Rubido J; Tavazzi S; Zeri F; Jones L, 2021, 'CLEAR - Contact lens wettability, cleaning, disinfection and interactions with tears', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 157 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.004
    Journal articles | 2017
    Sullivan DA; Rocha EM; Aragona P; Clayton JA; Ding J; Golebiowski B; Hampel U; McDermott AM; Schaumberg DA; Srinivasan S; Versura P; Willcox MDP, 2017, 'TFOS DEWS II Sex, Gender, and Hormones Report', Ocular Surface, 15, pp. 284 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2017.04.001
    Journal articles | 2013
    Efron N; Jones L; Bron AJ; Knop E; Arita R; Barabino S; McDermott AM; Villani E; Willcox MDP; Markoulli M, 2013, 'The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: Report of the contact lens interactions with the ocular surface and adnexa subcommittee', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54, pp. tfos98 - tfos122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-13187