The research themes of the genetic epidemiology of ophthalmic diseases group are the genetic causes and the epidemiology of four eye disorders: myopia, age-related macular degeneration, primary open-angle glaucoma, and retinal dystrophies. The group focuses on the identification of genetic causes of eye disorders, environmental risk factors, gene-environment interaction, phenotyping of eye disorders including imaging, prognostic modeling, pathway annotation, and functional studies.