Department of Ophthalmology
 J. Vernon Odom, Ph. D heads the West Virginia Lions Visual Function Laboratory. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Physiology with an adjunct appointment in Psychology. A native of Laurinburg, NC, Dr. Odom graduated from Davidson College with an AB degree and obtained the MA and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Following postdoctoral work at Case Western Reserve University, the School of Optometry of the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Florida, Dr. Odom joined WVU’s Department of Ophthalmology in 1982. He has published more than 130 articles, book chapters, and abstracts. His research has centered on clinical assessment of visual function using electrophysiology and psychophysics, including visual fields and eye movements, as means of assessing visual disability.
Dr. Odom is the former editor-in-chief of Documenta Ophthalmologica. His research has been recognized by several local, national and international awards. The most prestigious being the Francqui International Interuniversity Chair awarded in Belgium. Dr. Odom’s expertise in clinical visual assessment results in a number of referrals to the West Virginia Lion's Visual Function Laboratory for difficult cases of disability assessment. He has received several contracts in the recent past from the U.S. Air Force, which have involved development of new clinical tests of visual function. Dr. Odom has been and continues to be involved in international standardization committees of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision.
Dr. Odom's page at the WVU Center for Neuroscience
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