Research interests include the design and conduct of clinical trials for the treatment and prevention of ocular disease and visual impairment, the impact of US federal regulations for institutional review boards (IRBs) on ethical review of multicenter clinical trials, and evidence-based healthcare with a specific interest in critical appraisal and synthesis of the evidence on the safety and efficacy of treatments to prevent blindness and visual impairment.

clinical trials, multicenter clinical trials, ophthalmology, optometry, visual impairment, research ethics, ethics and institutional review boards, systematic reviews, evidence-based healthcare

Clinical Trials Training Program in Vision Research Fellowship, National Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dean’s Scholar Academic Scholarship, Emory University

Ervin A. Motivating authors to update systematic reviews: Practical strategies from a behavioural science perspective. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2008; 22 (Suppl. 1): 33-37.

Esteso P, Castanon A, Toledo S, Pereyra M, Ervin A, Wojciechowski R, Congdon N. Correction of moderate myopia is associated with improvement in self-reported visual functioning among Mexican school-aged children. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, November 2007; 48(11): 4949-4954.

Ervin A, Wojciechowski R, Schein O. Punctal occlusion for dry eye syndrome. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006775. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD006775.

Fass R, Quan SF, O’Connor GT, Ervin A, Iber C. Predictors of nocturnal heartburn in a large prospective cohort study. Chest, May 2005; 127: 1658-1666.

Robbins J, Redline S, Ervin A, Walsleben J, Ding J, Nieto FJ. Associations of sleep disordered breathing and MRI changes. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2005; 1(2): 159-165.

Achiron LR, Witkin N, Ervin A, Broocker G. The effect of relative spectacle magnification on aniseikonia. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 1998; 69(9): 591-599.