Dr Peter Allen, PhD, MCOptom, FHEA

Peter Allen

Director of Clinics

Email: peter.allen@anglia.ac.uk
Phone:
0845 196 2687
International Phone: +44 (0)1223 363271 (Ext. 2687)
Fax: +44 (0)1223 417712
Office: Coslett Building, Rm 201, Cambridge

Responsibilities

Director of Clinics
Head of the Visual Function and Physiology Research Group
Peter currently supervises 4 doctoral students


Qualifications

Dr Peter Allen is a full-time principal lecturer. He is a College of Optometrists council member representing the East Region, is a trustee, and sits on the Education Committee. Peter is a chief examiner, assessor and a member of the Non-EEA and Scheme for Registration Assessment Boards at the College of Optometrists. He is a fellow of the College of Optometrists and Higher Education Academy.

Research

  • Developmental myopia
  • Accommodation function and dysfunction
  • Accommodative facility
  • Pattern-related visual stress
  • Visual function in specialist populations

Publications

Show more...   Show all

Hollingsworth, R., Ludlow, A., Wilkins, A.J., Calver, R.I. and Allen, P.M. (2013). Visual defects and the use of coloured filters in deaf children. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. (under review)

Hollingsworth, R., Ludlow, A., Wilkins, A.J., Calver, R.I. and Allen, P.M. (2013). Visual performance in deaf children: A literature review. Acta Ophthalmologica. (under review)

Monger, L., Wilkins, A.J. and Allen, P.M. (2013). The influence of coloured overlays and text size on reading speed and comprehension in a sample of optometrically screened individuals. Journal of Research in Reading (under review)

Haigh, S.M., Jaschinski, J., Allen, P.M. and Wilkins, A.J. (2013). Accommodation to uncomfortable patterns. Perception, 42, 208-22.

Radhakrishnan, H., Allen, P.M., Calver, R.I., Theagarayan, B., Price, H., Rae, S., Sailoganathan, A., and O?Leary, D.J. (2013). Peripheral refractive changes associated with myopia progression. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 54, 1573-81.

Allen, P.M., Radhakrishnan, H., Price, H., Rae, S., Theagarayan, B., Calver, R.I., Sailoganathan, A., Latham, K. and O'Leary, D.J. (2013). A randomised clinical trial to assess the effect of a dual treatment on myopia progression: The Cambridge Anti-Myopia Study. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 33, 267-276.

Latham, L., Chung, S.T.L., Allen, P.M., Tavasolli, T. and Baron-Cohen, S. (2013) Spatial localisation in autism: evidence for differences in early cortical visual processing. Molecular Autism, 4, 4.

Allen, P.M., Dedi, S., Kumar, D., Patel, T., Aloo, M. and Wilkins, A.J. (2012). Accommodation, pattern glare and coloured overlays. Perception, 41, 1458?1467.

Allen, P.M., Evans, B.J.W and Wilkins, A.J. (2012). The uses of colour in optometric practice to ameliorate symptoms of visual stress. Optometry in Practice, 13, 1-8.

Allen, P.M. and Radhakrishnan, H. (2010). Myopia (Part 1). The Optician (22nd October)

Allen, P.M., Charman, W.N. and Radhakrishnan, H. (2010). Changes in dynamics of accommodation after accommodative facility training in myopes and emmetropes. Vision Research, 50, 947-955.

Allen, P.M., Hussain, A., Usherwood, C. and Wilkins, A.J. (2010). Pattern-related visual stress, chromaticity and accommodation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 51, 6843-6849.

Allen, P.M., Radhakrishnan, H., Rae, S., Calver, R.I., Theagarayan, B.T., Nelson, P., Osuobeni, E., Sailaganathan, A, Price, H. and O'Leary, D.J. (2009). Aberration control and vision training as an effective means of improving accommodation in myopes. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 50, 5120-5129.

Rae, S., Allen, P.M., Radhakrishnan, H., Theagarayan, B.T., Price, H, Sailaganathan, A, Calver, R.I. and O'Leary, D.J. (2009). Increasing negative spherical aberration with soft contact lenses improves high and low contrast visual acuity in young adults. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 29, 593-601.

Allen, P.M., Evans, B.J.W. and Wilkins, A.J. (2009) Vision and reading difficulties part 5: Clinical protocol and the role of the eye-care practitioner. Optometry Today (22nd May)

Wilkins, A.J., Allen, P.M. and Evans, B.J.W. (2009) Vision and reading difficulties part 4: Coloured filters: Evidence and mechanisms. Optometry Today (24th April)

Wilkins, A.J., Evans, B.J.W. and Allen, P.M. (2009) Vision and reading difficulties part 3: Coloured filters: Background and techniques. Optometry Today (27th March).

Evans, B.J.W., Allen, P.M. and Wilkins, A.J. (2009) Vision and reading difficulties part 2: Optometric and orthoptic correlates of reading problems. Optometry Today (27th February)

Allen, P.M., Evans, B.J.W. and Wilkins, A.J. (2009) Vision and reading difficulties part 1: Specific learning difficulties and vision. Optometry Today (30th January)

Theagarayan, B.B., Radhakrishnan, H., Allen, P.M., Calver, R.I., Rae, S.R. and O'Leary D.J. (2009) The effect of altering spherical aberration on the static accommodative response. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , 29, 65-71.

Allen, P.M., Gilchrist, J.M. and Hollis, J. (2008) Use of visual search in the assessment of pattern-related visual stress and its alleviation by coloured filters. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 49, 4210-4218.

P.M. Allen and J. Hollis (2008) Meares-Irlen syndrome - a need for increasing awareness in the general public - Reply. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 28, 291-292.

Hollis, J., Allen, P.M., Fleischman, D. and Aulak, R. (2007) Personality dimensions of people who suffer from Visual Stress. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 27, 603-610.

Radhakrishnan, H., Allen, P.M. and Charman, W.N. (2007) Dynamics of accommodative facility in myopes. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 48, 4375-4382.

Hollis, J. and Allen, P.M. (2006) Screening for Meares-Irlen Sensitivity in Adults: Can assessment methods predict changes in reading speed? Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 26, 566-571.

Allen, P.M. and O'Leary, D.J (2006) Accommodation functions: Co-dependency and relationship to refractive error. Vision Research, 46, 491-505.

Allen, P.M., Radhakrishnan, H. and O'Leary, D.J. (2003) Repeatability and Validity of the PowerRefractor and the Nidek AR600-A in an adult population with healthy eyes. Optometry and Vision Science, 80, 245-251.

O'Leary, D.J. and Allen, P.M. (2001). Facility of accommodation in myopia. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 21, 352-355.

External Income Generation/Grants

2013 An investigation into the impact of visual deficits, lighting and text on reading in biligual readers with dyslexia. P.M. Allen, M.K. Unnikrishnan. UK-India Education and Research Initiative: £66,382 (under review)

2013 Diagnosis and treatment of visual and visuoperceptual anomalies in autism spectrum conditions. A.K. Ludlow, P.M. Allen, A. Franklin, D.R. Simmons, A.J. Wilkins. Orginially submitted to Action Medical Research where it received good reviews and was subsequently forwarded by AMR to the Baily Thomas Charitable Fund £128,000 (under review)

2013 The practical work of the optometrist 2: communication skills in optometry D. vom Lehn, C. Heath, W. Gibson, P.M. Allen, B.J.W. Evans ESRC: Research Grant £56,000

2011 Objective correlates of Visual Stress and the development of an evidence-based protocol. P.M. Allen. College of Optometrists: £55,000

2009 P.M. Allen. Anglia Research Enhancement Competition: £3,000

2004-9 Human Antimyopia project. D.J. O'Leary. (P.M. Allen, R.I. Calver, E. Osuobeni, S. Pardhan, H. Radhakrishnan). Commonwealth of Australia Vision Cooperative Research Centre grant: £220,000

Books

Allen, P.M., Evans, B.J.W. and Wilkins, A.J. (2010). Vision and Reading Difficulties. Ten Alps Publishers.
Bookmark this page with: