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Clifton M. Schor

Grants and research support | Courses taught | Education and employment | Professional organizations

Grants and research support

• National science foundation student research grant
• Indiana university, 1965
• NIH post-doctoral fellowship, no2 fo2 ey 33987-03
• Oculomotor neurosensory analysis of amblyopia, 1968 - 1971
• American optometric foundation fellowship, 1968
• NEI research grant ro1 ey 01692, abnormal eye movements in strabismus and amblyopia, 1977
• Oregon lions club research grant
• Childhood disorders of binocular vision, 1976
• Biomedical research grant, 77-39, disjunctive eye movements in strabismus, october 1977 - march 1978
• NIH research grant ro1 ey02573-01, abnormal eye movements in strabismus and amblyopia, november 1977 - june 1979
• Biomedical research grant, 78-12-64, motor aspects of reduced visual acuity in strabismic amblyopia, 1978
• National science foundation research grant, bns-7914096, mechanisms of motion flicker and pattern detection, october 1979 - march 1982
• Faculty research grant, development of okn in infants, university of california, 1979
• NEI research grant, 3r01 ey02573-02s1, abnormal eye movements in strabismus and amblyopia, 1980
• Mini-grant to evaluate and improve instruction, graphical analysis of visual disorders, university of california, 1980
• NIH research grant 3 ro1 eyo2573-02 s2. supplemental award october 1980 - march 1981
• NIH research grant ro1 ey03532 (04-08), visual development of sensory and motor functions, 1981
• NIH research grant ro1 ey03532 (09-13), visual development of sensory and motor functions, december 1989
• Mini teaching grant: development of video aids for the study of space perception, 1983
• Biomed shared research equipment grant. # 1s1orro1661
• SRI binocular eye tracker
• University instructional fund award, 1987
• NIH research grant ro1-ey03532-(14-18) visual development of sensory and motor functions, december, 1994
• NIH research grant ro1-ey08882- (05-08) disparity processing in sensory and motor visual systems. october 1994
• Solon braff endowed chair (1995-1997)

Courses taught

• Visual training clinic, university of california, berkeley
• Motor physiology of the visual system
• Strabismus and amblyopia (diagnosis and therapy)
• Clinical research in binocular vision
• Postnatal development of the visual system
• Ocular motility -- graduate seminar
• Mechanisms of suppression -- graduate seminar
• General clinic instruction, optometry 480
• Strabismus clinic, optometry 453
• Optometric analysis, 130, university of california, berkeley
• Physiological optics 201a, disjunctive eye movements, fall 1978
• Physiological optics 160, binocular vision and space perception
• Evaluation of teaching methods by video film -- graduate student studies
• Vergence eye movements and accommodation -- pro seminar and laboratory
• Continuing education courses on the analysis of binocular vision disorders
• Edited a text book titled, "vergence eye movements: basic and clinical
• Aspects", butterworths, st. louis, 1983
• Produced a 40 minute video teaching film of optometry case
• Analysis for optometry, 127c
• Accommodation and vergence -- pro seminar
• Binocular vision -- pro seminar 87-92
• PO 220 -- visual computation in space and form perception
• Amblyopia sensory-motor diagnostic clinic, 1990-present
• Vs220 -- binocular vision, fall 1993
• Vision science 220-computational models of binocular vision course, fall 94-96
• Vision science 117-ocular motility and neuro-optometry course, spring 95-97
• Vision science 118- binocular vision and space perception, fall 92, spring 93, 94
• Vision science 201b- pro seminar ocular motility course binocular vision, spring 95
• Optometry 441a summer session i- binocular vision program summer 95

Education and employment

Professional education

• University of Denver, 1961-1963, Pre-optometry
• University of California, Berkeley, 1965, B.S., Optometry
• University of California, Berkeley, 1966, Master in Optometry
• University of California, Berkeley, 1967, Doctor in Optometry
• University of California, Berkeley, 1972, Ph.D., Physiological Optics

Professional certification

• License to Practice Optometry: Colorado, California
• National Board of Optometry, 1966
• Licensed to use ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents: California, 1979
• Practice of Optometry:With Bernard Schor, O.D., Denver, Colorado, 1967

Academic positions

• Research Assistant to John Pierce, O.D., Ph.D., 1965, Indiana University
• Research Assistant to Merton C. Flom, O.D., Ph.D., 1966-1967, University of California, Berkeley
• Clinical Instructor in Optometry, 1968-1970, University of California, Berkeley
• Assistant Professor of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1971-1976, Pacific University
• Development and Management of an Orthoptics Clinic, Pacific University, College of Optometry, 1973
• Executive Director of Oregon Optometric Center, 1975-1976.
• Associate Professor of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1977, Pacific University
• Assistant Professor (Step IV) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1978, University of California, Berkeley
• Assistant Professor (Step V) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1979, University of California, Berkeley
• Associate Professor (Step II) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1980, University of California, Berkeley
• Co-director, Strabismus and Orthoptics Clinic, 1981, University of California, Berkeley
• Associate Professor (Step III) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1981, University of California, Berkeley
• Graduate Advisor to the Professional Students Residency Program
• Acting Associtate Dean, School of Optometry (1984)
• Full Professor (Step I) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1983, University of California, Berkeley
• Full Professor (Step II) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1986, University of California, Berkeley
• Full Professor (Step III) of Physiological Optics and Optometry, 1989, University of California, Berkeley
• Graduate Advisor in Vision Science.
• Member of Group in Vision Science, UC Berkeley 1992
• Member of Group in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley 1992
• Full Professor (Step VI) of Optometry, 1996, University of California, Berkeley

Professional organizations

• American Academy of Optometry (FAAO)
• American Optometric Foundation
• American Optometric Association
• Sigma Xi
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• New York Academy of Sciences
• International Strabismological Association
• Clinical Eye Movement Association