Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program at CBU.

Brazil - Locations: Belem, Curitiba, Emas/Pantanal, Florianopolis, and Sao Paulo.

Belem: One laboratory, 2 student positions available

Project description: Basic research on visual psychophysics.  The research will involve visual testing of people.  The tests will consist of contrast sensitivity and visual evoked potentials.

2008 Project Title: Influence of Luminance Contrast in the Amplitude of Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials

 Site mentor: Dr. Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira

 Recent mentor publications:

• Silveira, L.C.L.; Souza, G. S.; Gomes, B. D.; Lacerda, E.M.C.B.; Saito, C.A.; Da Silva Filho, M.  Amplitude of the transient visual evoked potential (tVEP) as a function of achromatic and chromatic contrast: contribution of different visual pathways. Visual Neuroscience, v. 25, p. 317-325, 2008.

• Silveira, L.C.L.; Finlay, B. L.; Franco, E. C. S.; Yamada, E. S.; Crowley, J. C.; Parsons, M. P.; Muniz, J. A. P. C. Number and topography of cones, rods and optic nerve axons in New and Old World primates. Visual Neuroscience, v. 25, p. 289-299, 2008. 

• Silveira, L.C.L.; Gomes, B. D.; Souza, G. S.; Lima, M. G.; Rodrigues, A. R.; Saito, C. A.; Da Silva Filho, M. Color discrimination ellipses of trichromats measured with transient and steady-state visual evoked potentials. Visual Neuroscience, v. 25, p. 333-339, 2008.