James Stuart William Wolffsohn

Professor James S. Wolffsohn is the head of both the School of Optometry and the Department of Audiology at Aston University. His main research areas are the development and evaluation of ophthalmic instrumentation, myopia management, contact lenss, intraocular lenses, presbyopia and the tear film. He is a National Teaching Fellow, has published more than 325 peer-reviewed papers, and has presented at numerous international conferences. He is the Academic Chair and a past president of the British Contact Lens Association.

He chaired the BCLA Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports (CLEAR), is on the Executive Board of TFOS, was a harmoniser and sub-committee chair for TFOS DEWS II & TFOS Lifestyle reports. Further, he is the International Myopia Institute's Chief Scientific Officer, and was joint-Chair of their white papers. Professor Wolffsohn holds the BCLA Medal (2021) and AAOptom Glenn Fry Award (2022).