Associate Professor
Scott Read

Faculty of Health,
School of Optometry & Vision Science
Biography
Scott Read is an Associate Professor and Director of Research in QUT’s School of Optometry and Vision Science. Following, the completion of his undergraduate optometry training in 1997, Scott worked in clinical optometry practice for 6 years, before returning to QUT to complete his PhD examining “Corneal topography and the morphology of the palpebral fissure”. Since the award of his PhD in 2006, Scott has been involved in a wide scope of research activities, with a feature of his work being the use of high resolution optical imaging techniques to broaden our understanding of the normal anatomical and physiological properties of the anterior and posterior eye and changes associated with human myopia.Associate Professor Read recently received the “Zeiss Young Investigator Award in Myopia Research” for his distinguished contributions to the myopia research field. The primary focus of Scott’s current research is to better understand the ocular and environmental factors underlying human myopia. Since 2005, Associate Professor Read has authored or co-authored over 100 research publications, including 1 scholarly book chapter, 67 peer-reviewed journal papers, 3 Editorials, and 35 refereed conference abstracts. In his career to-date he has been successful in gaining substantial research funding, in excess of $1.3 million, from a variety of sources, including a prestigious 2012 Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA Fellowship).
Scott has been a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry since 2012, and a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology since 2011. He has also been an Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member for Clinical and Experimental Optometry and is currently an Editorial Board Member and a Topical Associate Editor for Optometry and Vision Science (the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry).
Research highlights Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Optometry & Vision Science- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Discipline
Ophthalmology and Optometry
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Editorial Board Member: Optometry and Vision Science (since 2016)
- Editorial Board Member: Clinical and Experimental Optometry (2011-2015)
- Fellow American Academy of Optometry since 2012
- Member Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology since 2011
- Member Optometry Australia since 1997
Selected publications
- Read S, Collins M, Vincent S, (2015) Light exposure and eye growth in childhood, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56 (11), pp. 6779-6787.
- Read S, Alonso-Caneiro D, Vincent S, Collins M, (2015) Longitudinal changes in choroidal thickness and eye growth in childhood, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56 (5), pp. 3103-3112.
- Read S, Collins M, Vincent S, Alonso-Caneiro D, (2015) Macular retinal layer thickness in childhood, Retina, 35 (6), pp. 1223-1233.
- Read S, Collins M, Vincent S, Alonso-Caneiro D, (2013) Choroidal thickness in childhood, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54 (5), pp. 3586-3593.
- Read S, Collins M, Woodman E, Cheong S, (2010) Axial length changes during accommodation in myopes and emmetropes, Optometry and Vision Science, 87 (9), pp. 656-662.
- Read S, Collins M, Becker H, Cutting J, Ross D, Savill-Inns A, Trevor B, (2010) Changes in intraocular pressure and ocular pulse amplitude with accommodation, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 94 (3), pp. 332-335.
- Read S, Collins M, Sander B, (2010) Human optical axial length and defocus, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 51 (12), pp. 6262-6269.
- Read S, Collins M, (2010) Water drinking influences eye length and IOP in young healthy subjects, Experimental Eye Research, 91 (2), pp. 180-185.
- Read S, Collins M, Iskander R, (2008) Diurnal variation of axial length, intraocular pressure, and anterior eye biometrics, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 49 (7), pp. 2911-2918.
- Read S, Collins M, Carney L, Franklin R, (2006) The Topography of the Central and Peripheral Cornea, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 47 (4), pp. 1404-1415.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Scott, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- The "Zeiss Young Investigator in Myopia Research Award" award recognizes young researchers for their distinguished research contribution in the field of myopia research, and is voted on by an international panel of senior myopia researchers. The award also involves the presentation of a keynote award lecture at the 15th International Myopia Conference (the Josh Wallman memorial lecture) held in Wenzhou, China in September 2015.
Research projects
- Title
- The Role of Outdoor Activity in Myopia Development
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE120101434
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Vision; Myopia; Refractive Error
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Ocular Changes Associated with Accommodation in Myopes and Emmetropes (2015)
- Diurnal variation of ocular biometrics under natural and defocused conditions (2013)
- Optical and biomechanical factors associated with near work and myopia (2013)
- Ocular characteristics of anisometropia (2011)
- Ocular surface changes with short-term contact lens wear (2011)
- Non-invasive Assessment of Tear Film Surface Quality (2010)