Lisa Jordan
Ohio State University · Optometry
Active 2010–2025
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About
Lisa Jones-Jordan, MS, PhD, has been a research associate professor in the College of Optometry at Ohio State University since 2009, having originally joined the college in 1996. She received her MS from the Ohio State University Department of Preventive Medicine in 1993 and her PhD from the OSU School of Public Health in 1996, with concentrations in epidemiology, biostatistics, and environmental health. Her research has focused on various aspects of optometry and vision science, including myopia, contact lenses, accommodative esotropia, low vision, and overnight orthokeratology. She has worked extensively on longitudinal studies such as the Orinda Longitudinal Study of Myopia and the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error, examining nearsightedness in school-aged children. Dr. Jones-Jordan has collaborated with notable researchers like Karla Zadnik and Mark Bullimore, contributing to projects on adult myopia progression and other vision-related topics. Currently, she serves as the Director of the Optometry Coordinating Center, working with multiple groups on research subjects related to children, contact lenses, and ocular health.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
- Internal medicine
- Optics
- Physics
- Materials science
- Composite material
- Demography
- Surgery
Selected publications
JAMA · 2020 · 288 citations
Importance: Slowing myopia progression could decrease the risk of sight-threatening complications. Objective: To determine whether soft multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression in children, and whether high add power (+2.50 D) slows myopia progression more than medium (+1.50 D) add power lenses. Design, Setting, and Participants: A double-masked randomized clinical trial that took place at 2 optometry schools located in Columbus, Ohio, and Houston, Texas. A total of 294 consecutive elig…
Myopia Progression as a Function of Sex, Age, and Ethnicity
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2021 · 135 citations
1st authorCorrespondingPurpose: To model juvenile-onset myopia progression as a function of race/ethnicity, age, sex, parental history of myopia, and time spent reading or in outdoor/sports activity. Methods: Subjects were 594 children in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error (CLEERE) Study with at least three study visits: one visit with a spherical equivalent (SPHEQ) less myopic/more hyperopic than -0.75 diopter (D), the first visit with a SPHEQ of -0.75 D or more myopia (onset…
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2022 · 25 citations
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare axial and peripheral eye elongation during myopia therapy with multifocal soft contact lenses. Methods: Participants were 294 children (177 [60.2%] girls) age 7 to 11 years old with between -0.75 diopters (D) and -5.00 D of myopia (spherical component) and less than 1.00 D astigmatism at baseline. Children were randomly assigned to Biofinity soft contact lenses for 3 years: D-designs with a +2.50 D addition, +1.50 D addition, or single vision. Fi…
Uncorrected Refractive Error and Distance Visual Acuity in Children Aged 6 to 14 Years
Optometry and Vision Science · 2020 · 22 citations
SIGNIFICANCE: This study presents the relationship between distance visual acuity and a range of uncorrected refractive errors, a complex association that is fundamental to clinical eye care and the identification of children needing refractive correction. PURPOSE: This study aimed to analyze data from the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error Study to describe the relationship between distance uncorrected refractive error and visual acuity in children. METHODS:…
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics · 2020 · 22 citations
Recent grants
Soft Bifocal Contact Lens Myopia Control - Data Coordinating Center
NIH · $1.8M · 2014–2019
Frequent coauthors
- 93 shared
Justin Kwan
- 93 shared
Andrew D. Pucker
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 89 shared
Wolfgang Sickenberger
- 89 shared
Lyndon Jones
University of Waterloo
- 88 shared
Sebastian Marx
- 81 shared
Donald O. Mutti
- 62 shared
Loraine T. Sinnott
SUNY College of Optometry
- 54 shared
Sruthi Srinivasan
Cooper University Hospital
Labs
Education
- 2005
Ph.D., Optometry
The Ohio State University
- 2001
M.S., Optometry
The Ohio State University
- 1998
B.S., Optometry
The Ohio State University
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