Honors and Awards
1969 Member, Rho Chi Honor Fraternity
1971 Recipient, University of California Bowl of Hygeia
1988 Fight for Sight Award for Clinical Research on Ocular U.V. Effects
1993 Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator
1994 Recipient, Chibret Gold Medal from the International Organization Against Trachoma, for Work on Trachoma Control
1995 Carter Compton Collins II Lecturer, Optical Society of America
1999 Key-note speaker: Cataract Assessment Modalities and Epidemiology (CAME)-Club. Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Alta Lecture, Alta California Eye Research Foundation.
2001 Daniel G. Vaughan Memorial Lecture, Francis I Proctor Foundation
2001 Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Advisor Award
2001 Charles F. Prentice Medal Award winner, American Academy of Optometry
2001 Alcon Research Institute Awardee
Selected Publications
178. West ES, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Holland MJ, Aguirre A, Solomon AW, Bailey R, Foster A, Mabey D, West SK. Mass treatment and the effect on the load of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a trachoma-hyperendemic community. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:83-87.
179. West SK, Phuong Nguyen M, Mkocha H, Holdsworth G, Ngirwamungu E, Kilima P, Munoz B. Gender equity and trichiasis surgery in the Vietnam and Tanzania national trachoma control programmes. Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:1368-1371. 180. West E, Mkocha H, Munoz B, Mabey D, Foster A, Bailey R, West SK. Risk factors for post-surgical trichiasis recurrence in a trachoma-endemic area. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:447-453. 182. Alexander ND, Solomon AW, Holland MJ, Bailey RL, West SK, Shao JF, Mabey DC, Foster A. An index of community ocular Chlamydia trachomatis load for control of trachoma. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005;99:175-177.
184. Freeman EE, Munoz B, Bressler SB, West SK. Hormone replacement therapy, reproductive factors, and age-related macular degeneration: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005;12:37-45.
185. Merbs SL, West SK, West ES. Pattern of recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis after surgery. Ophthalmology 2005;112;705-709.
186. Burton MJ, Holland MJ, Makalo P, Aryee EA, Alexander ND, Sillah A, Fall H, West SK, Foster A, Johnson GJ, Mabey DC, Bailey RL. Re-emergence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection after mass antibiotic treatment of a trachoma-endemic Gambian community: a longitudinal study. Lancet 2005:365;1321-1328.
187. Chang MA, Congdon NG, Bykhovskaya I, Munoz B, West SK. The association between myopia and various subtypes of lens opacity: SEE (Salisbury Eye Evaluation) Project. Ophthalmology 2005;112:1395-1401.
188. Kempen JH, Jabs DA, Wilson LA, Dunn JP, West SK. Incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in second eyes of patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and unilateral CMV retinitis. Am J Ophthalmol 2005;139:1028-1034.
189. Burton MJ, Bowman RJ, Faal H, Aryee EA, Ikumapayi UN, Alexander ND, Adegbola RA, West SK, Mabey DC, Foster A, Johnson GJ, Bailey RL. Long term outcome of trichiasis surgery in the Gambia. Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:575-579.
190. West ES, Alemayehu W, Munoz B, Melese M, Imeru A, West SK. Surgery for trichiasis, antibiotics to prevent recurrence (STAR) clinical trial methodology. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2005;12:279-286.
192. Broman AT, Hafiz G, Munoz B, Rodriguez J, Snyder R, Klein R, West SK. Cataract and barriers to cataract surgery in a US Hispanic population. Proyecto VER. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1231-1236.
193. West SK, Munoz B, Rubin GS, Bandeen-Roche K, Broman AT, Turano KA. Compensatory strategy use identified risk of incident disability for the visually impaired. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1242-1247.
194. West SK, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Holland MJ, Solomon AW, Foster A, Bailey RL, Mabey DCW. Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis after mass treatment of a trachoma hyperendemic community in Tanzania: a longitudinal study. Lancet 2005;366:1296-1300.
195. West SK, Longstreth JD, Munoz B, Pitcher HM, Duncan DD. Model of risk of cortical cataract in the US population with exposure to increased ultraviolet radiation due to stratospheric ozone depletion. Am J Epidemiol 2005;162:1-9check.
196. Freeman EE, Munoz B, Turano KA, West SK. Measures of visual function and time to driving cessation in older adults. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:765-773.
197. Freeman EE, Egleston BL, West SK, Bandeen-Roche K, Rubin G. Visual acuity change and mortality in older adults. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:4040-4045. 198. Munoz B, Klein R, Rodriguez, Snyder R, West SK. Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in a population-based sample of Hispanic people in Arizona: Proyecto VER. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1575-1580.
199. Friedman DS, Munoz B, Roche KB, Massof R, Broman A, West SK. Poor uptake of cataract surgery in nursing home residents: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation in Nursing Home Groups study. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1581-7.
200. Patel I, Turano KA, Broman AT, Bandeen-Roche K, Munoz B, West SK. Measures of visual function and percentage of preferred walking speed in older adults: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:65-71.
201. Broman AT, Shum K, Munoz B, Duncan DD, West SK. Spatial clustering of ocular chlamydia infection over time following treatment, among households in a village in Tanzania. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006;47:99-104.
202. West SK, West ES, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Munoz B, Imeru A, Worku A, Gaydos C, Meinert CL, Quinn T. Single-dose Azithromycin prevents trichiasis recurrence following surgery: Randomized trial in Ethiopia. Arch Ophtalmol. 2006;124:309.
