The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Suzanne McKee is a Senior Scientist at The Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a position held since 1981. McKee served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vision from 2000 to 2007. Academic credentials include a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, obtained between 1963 and 1970, and an AB degree from Vassar College.
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a nonprofit independent research institute, is located in Pacific Heights in San Francisco. Dedicated to research on human vision, it was founded to encourage a productive collaboration between the medical clinic and the scientific laboratory. Smith-Kettlewell conducts research on many different topics, but its main interests are: * Clinical studies which relate directly to the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and disorders. * The development of devices and vocational programs to aid the partially sighted, blind and hearing impaired - the major focus of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center (RERC). * Basic research to understand how the eye and brain work, providing a fundamental background for both the clinical and rehabilitation programs.