Bio
Dr. Tawna Roberts is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Byers Eye Institute. She earned her Optometry degree from Pacific University, completed a residency in Pediatrics and Vision Therapy at Southern California College of Optometry, and earned her PhD in Vision Science and Physiological Optics at University of Houston College of Optometry studying oculomotor function in children and young adults. At Stanford, she directs the National Institute of Health (NIH/National Eye Institute (NEI) and Department of Defense funded Vision Development and Oculomotor Lab investigating refractive error development, strabismus, amblyopia, and concussion-related vision disorders. Currently, Dr. Roberts is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the Department of Defense study, Abnormal Dynamic Visual Function and Associated Symptomatology in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, and the co-PI for the NIH-funded study, ‘Vision Disorders in Adolescents Following Concussion.’ She is also a consultant for the Department of Defense Vision Center of Excellence where she serves as the co-PI for the FOCUS Study (Frequency of Oculomotor Dysfunction in Symptomatic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury). Dr. Roberts is the past co-Vice Chair of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, an NEI-funded clinical research network of 400+ pediatric optometrists and ophthalmologists who conduct clinical studies on pediatric eye disease. She also provides direct patient care to children in the pediatric ophthalmology and concussion clinics at Stanford Children’s. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), serves as the Co-Chair of the Research Committee, and is Past-Program Chair of the Binocular Vision, Perception, and Pediatric Section. Dr. Roberts received the AAO’s 2021 Irvin and Beatrice Borish Award.
