Ansvarsområder
- Director National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care
- Leader Norwegian Vision in Stroke (NorVIS) network www.synogslagnett.no, NorVIS usn
- Leader Optikk, syn og øyehelse and Syn og Hjerne (USN Research groups)
- Deputy board member USN
- Deputy board member Phd program in person-centred health care
- Member and campus responsible researchgroup USN EldreForsk
- Editorial Board Member Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVST) tvst.arvojournals.org/
Kompetanse
Areas of Interest:
- Vision and Brain
- Vision, light and aging of visual functions
- Visual ergonomics
- Knowledge translation & Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Vison problems & Vision rehabilitation
- Vision, sensory loss and coping,
- Visual perception and perception of contrast and movement.
Teaching Areas:
- Vision and stroke
- Vision, light and aging
- Interdisciplinary knowledge development and evidence based practice
- Sensory loss and vision rehabilitation
- Visual science and optometry,
- MSc/MPhil and PhD supervision
Formidling:
Helle K. Falkenberg – Powered by PechKucha: Du ser med hjernen.
CV
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-442X
Cristin-person- ID: 323466
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helle_Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a Professor of Optometry and Visual Science and Director of the National Center for Optics, Vision, and Eye Care at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN). She initiated and leads the large interdisciplinary Norwegian Vision in Stroke (NorVIS) network, and also heads the Optics, Vision and Eye care, and the Vision and Brain research groups.
Falkenberg earned her PhD in Vision Science from Glasgow Caledonian University, where she trained under Dr. Bill A. Simpson and Prof. Gordon Dutton. She also completed a post-doc in vision rehabilitation at UCL, London with Prof Peter J. Bex and Prof. Gary Rubin. She has been working in academia in Norway since 2007, and has trained and practiced as an optometrist in both Norway and the UK.
Her research focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration and and knowledge translation regarding normal age-related vision changes, lighting, vision problems after stroke, visual perception, and vision rehabilitation. She has presented her work at several international conferences across disciplines and has built broad national and international networks within neurology, eye health, municipal and specialist health services, education, and user organizations. Falkenberg has secured funding for several research projects and has participated in numerous EU applications.
Falkenberg has extensive experience in teaching and supervising students across professions and disciplines. For 6.5 years, she served as the program director for the Nordic interdisciplinary Master in Vision Rehabilitation in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg. She also coordinated the European Diploma of Optometry and Optics, and several courses in the Master in Optometry and Visual Science program.
She serves on the editorial board of the Translational Vision Science & Technology, and was until recently an associate board member of the Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Vision Science (SJOVS), and a member of the European Society of Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR) council. She is also a member of the Norwegian Optometry Association and the UK College of Optometrists.
Falkenberg has been an advisor on several projects regarding vision in older adults, readability of digital interfaces, and universal design. She is known for her extensive experience in local and national popular science dissemination, including appearances on national TV and radio.