Dr. Ravid Doron (Ph.D)
Director of the M.Optom Program in Vision Science and Optometry
Dr. Ravid Doron holds a B.Sc. in Optometry from Bar-Ilan University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Medical Sciences from Tel Aviv University. She is Director of the M.Optom Program in Vision Science and Optometry and Senior Lecturer at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College.
Her research focuses on the development of the visual system in children and on visual perception in normal and pathological conditions. In recent years, her work has focused in particular on the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of myopia during childhood and adolescence. Her studies are conducted in collaboration with researchers from academic institutions in Israel and abroad.
Dr. Doron teaches in the undergraduate and graduate optometry programs, supervises students in the department clinics and in clinical and research projects, and serves on several academic committees and on the Ethics Committee of the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College for the approval of clinical studies. She led the Evidence-Based Practice program within the OCULUS project of the European Union’s Erasmus program and continues to promote and implement this approach in teaching and clinical training. Dr. Doron is a member of the Israeli Council of Optometrists, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), and a reviewer for international scientific journals in the field of vision science.
Contact
Tel: +972-2-6291911
Email: ravidro@jmc.ac.il
Dr. Doron’s main research interest is the study of mechanisms that support visual perception and the development of the visual system. Her studies combine clinical, physiological, and behavioral research methods.
Her PhD work examined the development of visual functions that form the basis for visual processing in early childhood and their neural basis.
Additional studies address perceptual changes in the visual system and their functional implications, including in children with a history of bilateral congenital cataract, in children with impairments in object and face recognition, and in patients with keratoconus.
In recent years, her research has also focused on the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of myopia in children and adolescents, on the evaluation of treatments aimed at slowing myopia progression, and on the validation of objective instruments for measuring visual behavior in research and clinical settings.
Doron, R., Shneor, E., Ostrin, L. A., Gordon-Shaag, A., & Goldstein, A. (2025). Near viewing behaviors predict educational system in a machine learning model. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 30873. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-10108-9
Shneor, E., Ostrin, L. A., Gordon-Shaag, A., Levine, J., Sinnott, L. T., Jones-Jordan, L. A., ... & Doron, R. (2025). Twelve month refractive and axial length changes in the Israeli refractive error, activity, and devices (iREAD) study. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 12778. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-97336-1
Levine, J., Doron, R., Ostrin, L. A., & Shneor, E. (2025). Vision impairment in boys recruited to the iREAD study. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 14(1), 5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-025-00667-7
Gantz, L., Shneor, E., Shaw, N., & Doron, R. (2024). The Effect of Prism Presentation Order on Near Vertical Fusional Vergence Ranges of Normal Young Adults. Clinical Ophthalmology, 3473-3484. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/OPTH.S492994
Shneor, E., Gordon-Shaag, A., Doron, R., Benoit, J. S., & Ostrin, L. A. (2024). Utility of the Actiwatch Spectrum Plus for detecting the outdoor environment and physical activity in children. Journal of Optometry, 17(1), 100483. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1888429623000316
Shneor, E., Ostrin, L. A., Doron, R., Benoit, J. S., Levine, J., Davidson, K., & Gordon-Shaag, A. (2023). Baseline characteristics in the Israel refraction, environment, and devices (iREAD) study. Scientific Reports, 13(1),2855. https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/Fulltext/2021/08000/Environmental_and_Behavioral_Factors_with.14.aspx
Doron, R., Gordon‐Shaag, A., Shneor, E., Goldstein, A., & Ostrin, L. A. (2023). Objective quantification of viewing behaviours during printed and electronic tasks in emmetropic and myopic ultra‐Orthodox Jewish men. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 43(3), 337-346. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36660882/
Doron, R., Eichler, R., & Rajhans, V. (2023). Effectiveness of online learning in improving optometry student's reflective abilities. Journal of Optometry, 16(3), 199-205. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1888429622000668
Zohary, E., Harari, D., Ullman, S., Ben-Zion, I., Doron, R., Attias, S., ... & Mckyton, A. (2022). Gaze following requires early visual experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(20), e2117184119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2117184119
Shneor, E., Doron, R., Ostrin, L. A., & Gordon-Shaag, A. (2022). The prevalence of refractive errors in college students in Israel. Journal of Optometry, 15(4), 284-292. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1888429621000522
Shneor, E., Doron, R., Levine, J., Zimmerman, D. R., Benoit, J. S., Ostrin, L. A., & Gordon-Shaag, A. (2021). Objective Behavioral Measures in Children before, during, and after the COVID-19 Lockdown in Israel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8732. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8732
Shneor, E., Piñero, D. P., & Doron, R. (2021). Contrast sensitivity and higher-order aberrations in Keratoconus subjects. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-9. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92396-5
Gordon-Shaag, A., Shneor, E., Doron, R., Levine, J., & Ostrin, L. A. (2021). Environmental and behavioral factors with refractive error in Israeli boys. Optometry and Vision Science, 98(8), 959. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8407447/
Gantz, L., Shneor, E., & Doron, R. (2021). Agreement and inter-session repeatability of manual and automatic interpupillary distance measurements. Journal of Optometry, 14(4), 299-314.
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Doron, R., Lev, M., Wygnanski-Jaffe, T., Moroz, I., & Polat, U. (2020). Development of global visual processing: From the retina to the perceptive field. PLoS One, 15(8), e0238246. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0238246
Doron, R., Sterkin, A., Fried, M., Yehezkel, O., Lev, M., Belkin, M., ... & Polat, U. (2019). Spatial visual function in anomalous trichromats: Is less more? PLoS One, 14(1), e0209662. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209662
Sterkin, A., Levy, Y., Pokroy, R., Lev, M., Levian, L., Doron, R., ... & Polat, U. (2018). Vision improvement in pilots with presbyopia following perceptual learning. Vision Research, 152, 61-73. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698917302055
Gilaie-Dotan, S., & Doron, R. (2017). Developmental visual perception deficits with no indications of prosopagnosia in a child with abnormal eye movements. Neuropsychologia, 100, 64-78. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393217301355
Fogel-Levin, M., Doron, R., Wygnanski-Jaffe, T., Ancri, O., & Zion, I. B. (2016). A comparison of plusoptiX A12 measurements with cycloplegic refraction. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 20(4), 310-314. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1091853116301215
Doron, R., Spierer, A., & Polat, U. (2015). How crowding, masking, and contour interactions are related: A developmental approach. Journal of Vision, 15(8), 5-5. https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleID=2322934
McKyton, A., Ben-Zion, I., Doron, R., & Zohary, E. (2015). The limits of shape recognition following late emergence from blindness. Current Biology, 25(18), 2373-2378. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215007344
Ben Yaish, S., Zlotnik, A., Limon, O., Yacouel, K. L., Doron, R., & Zalevsky, Z. (2014). Multifocal rigid gas permeable contact lenses with reduced halo. Optics Communications, 319, 113-116. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030401814000212
Dr. Doron conducts collaborative research with investigators from academic institutions and industry in Israel and abroad in the fields of vision science and optometry.
1. Collaboration with Prof. Ariela Gordon-Shaag and Prof. Einat Shneor on the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of myopia and on the evaluation of treatment approaches to slow myopia progression.
2. Collaboration with Dr. Lisa Ostrin (University of Houston, College of Optometry) on the mechanisms and treatment of myopia progression.
3. Collaboration with Deep Optics, a company developing advanced optical technologies and smart eyeglasses for presbyopia, focusing on research and evaluation of innovative vision solutions.
4. Collaboration with Prof. Ehud Zahavi and Dr. Ayelet Makiton from the Department of Neurobiology at the Hebrew University, focusing on cortical visual functions in children with a history of bilateral congenital cataract.
5. Collaboration with Dr. Sharon Gilai-Dotan from the Department of Optometry and Vision Science at Bar-Ilan University, focusing on developmental visual perception deficits and their relation to abnormal eye movements.
6. Collaboration with Dr. Vidyut Rajhans, Founder and Research Consultant at Current EyeCare, Pune, India, in the field of optometric education, with a focus on evaluating the effectiveness of online learning in developing reflective skills among optometry students.
