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Award winning clinician-scientist | Expertise in basic and clinical research | Experienced scientific writer

Profile Summary

I am a clinician-scientist and assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with 10+ years of experience in eye and vision research, including basic, clinical, and translational studies in animal models and humans. I have secured over 1.5 million USD in research funding from industry, foundation, and federal (NIH/NEI) bodies and authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications, including three influential white papers in the field. My works have been recognized by several honors and awards, including fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), AAO Borish Award, ISCEV Eberhard Dodt Award, NAEVR/AEVR Emerging Vision Scientist Award, and AAO Career Development Award. I have a strong track record of basic, clinical, and translational research; clinical trials; proposal development; publications; data and statistical analysis; scientific writing; industry, foundation, and federal grants; mentorship; and research project management.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biostatistics
• ★ Ophthalmology
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ SAS
• ☆ R
• ☆ Optometry
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Assistant Professor

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

September 2021 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alabama at Birmingham

December 2019 - August 2021

Postdoctoral fellow

University of Alabama at Birmingham

December 2019 - August 2021

Research Fellow

University of Auckland

March 2019 - August 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Auckland

February 2016 - August 2019

Area Officer

University of Auckland

January 2017 - December 2018

Visiting Researcher

University of Oxford

June 2018 - July 2018

Consultant OD

Grande International Hospital

2015 - 2015

Consultant Optometrist

Private Practice

2012 - 2013

Education

PhD (Optometry and Vision Science)

University of Auckland

October 2015 - August 2019

Doctor of Optometry

Southwestern University

May 2013 - November 2014

OD (Optometry and Vision Science)

Southwestern University

2013 - 2014

Bachelor of Optometry

Tribhuvan University

November 2008 - December 2012

BOptom (Optometry and Vision Science)

Institute of Medicine

2008 - 2012

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Khanal, S., Norton, T.T., Gawne, T.J.(2023). Limited bandwidth short-wavelength light produces slowly-developing myopia in tree shrews similar to human juvenile-onset myopia . Vision Research. 204.

Khanal, S., Paudel, N., Adhikary, R., Joshi, M.R.(2023). Topical Review: Optometry in Nepal - Clinical Practice, Research Advances, and Challenges . Optometry and Vision Science. 100. (2). p. 134-142.

Bai, Y., Ngo, W., Khanal, S., Nichols, J.J.(2022). Characterization of the thickness of the Tear Film Lipid Layer in Meibomian Gland Dysfunction using high resolution optical microscopy . Ocular Surface. 24. p. 34-39.

Khanal, S., Bai, Y., Ngo, W., Nichols, K.K., Wilson, L., Barnes, S., Nichols, J.J.(2022). Human meibum and tear film derived cholesteryl and wax esters in meibomian gland dysfunction and tear film structure: Cholesteryl and wax esters in meibomian gland dysfunction . Ocular Surface. 23. p. 12-23.

Ramamoorthy, P., Khanal, S., J. Nichols, J.(2022). Inflammatory proteins associated with contact lens-related dry eye . Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 45. (3).

Khanal, S., Paudel, N., Joshi, M.R.(2022). Optometry in Nepal: a historical perspective . Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 105. (1). p. 80-83.

Khanal, S., Norton, T.T., Gawne, T.J.(2021). Amber light treatment produces hyperopia in tree shrews . Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 41. (5). p. 1076-1086.

Bai, Y., Ngo, W., Khanal, S., Nichols, K.K., Nichols, J.J.(2021). Corrigendum to “Human precorneal tear film and lipid layer dynamics in meibomian gland dysfunction” [Ocul Surf 21 (2021) 250–256] (The Ocular Surface (2021) 21 (250–256), (S1542012421000185), (10.1016/j.jtos.2021.03.006)) . Ocular Surface. 22. p. 133-134.

Khanal, S., Bai, Y., Ngo, W., Nichols, K.K., Wilson, L., Barnes, S., Nichols, J.J.(2021). Human meibum and tear film derived (O-Acyl)-omega-hydroxy fatty acids as biomarkers of tear film dynamics in meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye disease . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 62. (9).

Khanal, S., Ngo, W., Nichols, K.K., Wilson, L., Barnes, S., Nichols, J.J.(2021). Human meibum and tear film derived (O-acyl)-omega-hydroxy fatty acids in meibomian gland dysfunction . Ocular Surface. 21. p. 118-128.

Bai, Y., Ngo, W., Khanal, S., Nichols, K.K., Nichols, J.J.(2021). Human precorneal tear film and lipid layer dynamics in meibomian gland dysfunction . Ocular Surface. 21. p. 250-256.

Logan, N.S., Radhakrishnan, H., Cruickshank, F.E., Allen, P.M., Bandela, P.K., Davies, L.N., Hasebe, S., Khanal, S., Schmid, K.L., Vera-Diaz, F.A., et al.(2021). IMI accommodation and binocular vision in myopia development and progression . Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 62. (5).

Khanal, S., Rathod, S.N., Phillips, J.R.(2021). The acute effect of atropine eye drops on the human full-field electroretinogram . Documenta Ophthalmologica. 142. (3). p. 315-328.

Norton, T.T., Khanal, S., Gawne, T.J.(2021). Tree shrews do not maintain emmetropia in initially-focused narrow-band cyan light . Experimental Eye Research. 206.

Turnbull, P.R.K., Khanal, S., Dakin, S.C.(2021). The effect of cellphone position on driving and gaze behaviour . Scientific Reports. 11. (1).

Kharal, A., Khanal, S., Shrestha, J.B., Shrestha, G.S., Paudel, N.(2020). Flash VEP in clinically stable pre-term and full-term infants . Documenta Ophthalmologica. 141. (3). p. 259-267.

Safal Khanal, John R Phillips(2019). Which low‐dose atropine for myopia control? . Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Wiley

Safal Khanal, Philip R. K. Turnbull, Nicholas Lee, John R. Phillips(2019). The Effect of Atropine on Human Global Flash mfERG Responses to Retinal Defocus . Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science. 60. (1). p. 218. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ({ARVO})

Safal Khanal, Philip R.K. Turnbull, Ehsan Vaghefi, John R. Phillips(2018). Repeatability of Arterial Spin Labeling MRI in Measuring Blood Perfusion in the Human Eye . Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Wiley

Samir Uprety, Priya Morjaria, Jyoti B. Shrestha, Gauri S. Shrestha, Safal Khanal(2017). Refractive Status in Nepalese Pre-Term and Full-Term Infants Early in Life . Optometry and Vision Science. 94. (10). p. 957--964. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subodh Gnyawali, Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Safal Khanal, Talisa Dennis, John C Spencer(2017). Ocular morbidity among porters at high altitudes . Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology. 9. (1). p. 30--36. Nepal Journals Online ({JOL})

Uprety, S., Morjaria, P., Shrestha, J.B., Shrestha, G.S., Khanal, S.(2017). Refractive Status in Nepalese Pre-Term and Full-Term Infants Early in Life . Optometry and Vision Science. 94. (10). p. 957-964.

Uprety, Samir and Khanal, Safal and Morjaria, Priya and Puri, Lila Raj(2016). Profile of paediatric low vision population: a retrospective study from Nepal . Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 99. (1). p. 61--65. Wiley Online Library

Safal Khanal, Pinakin Gunvant Davey, Lyne Racette, Madhu Thapa(2016). Comparison of retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness for discriminating primary open-angle glaucoma and normal-tension glaucoma using optical coherence tomography . Clin Exp Optom. p. n/a--n/a. Wiley-Blackwell

Safal Khanal, Meredith Walton, Pinakin Gunvant Davey(2016). Evaluation of intraocular pressure estimates obtained using an iCare rebound tonometer . Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Wiley-Blackwell

Khanal, S., Pokharel, A., Kandel, H.(2016). Visual deficits in Nepalese patients with oculocutaneous albinism . Journal of Optometry. 9. (2). p. 102-109.

Khanal S (2015) Impact of Visual Skills Training on Sports Performance: Current and Future Perspectives. Adv Ophthalmol Vis Syst 2(1):00032. DOI: 10.15406/aovs.2015.02 .

Safal Khanal, Pinakin Gunvant Davey, Lyne Racette, Madhu Thapa(2015). Intraeye retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness asymmetry measurements for the discrimination of primary open-angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma . Journal of Optometry. Elsevier {BV}

Khanal S, Kandel H. Axial length and corneal curvature in anisometropic amblyopia in Nepalese children. Optom Vis Perf 2014;2(3):142-5 .

Khanal, S., Thapa, M., Racette, L., Johnson, R., Davey, P.G., Joshi, M.R., Shrestha, G.S.(2014). Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucomatous Nepalese eyes and its relation with visual field sensitivity . Journal of Optometry. 7. (4). p. 217-224.

Thapa, M., Khanal, S., Shrestha, G.B., Sharma, A.K.(2014). Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in a healthy Nepalese population by spectral domain optical coherence tomography . Nepalese journal of ophthalmology : a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal of the Nepal Ophthalmic Society : NEPJOPH. 6. (2). p. 131-139.

Madhu Thapa, Safal Khanal, Prajwal Kumar, Gulsan Bahadhur Shrestha, Ananda Kumar Sharma(2013). Unusual case of Bilateral Angle Closure Glaucoma . Journal of Nepal Medical Association. 52. (190). Journal of Nepal Medical Association ({JNMA})

Khanal S. Profile of low vision population attending low vision clinic in a peripheral eye hospital in Nepal. Optom Vis Perf 2013;1(6):209-13 .

Thapa, M., Shrestha, G.B., Sharma, A.K., Karki, S., Khanal, S.(2013). Recurrence of uveal malignant melanoma: a case report . Nepalese journal of ophthalmology : a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal of the Nepal Ophthalmic Society : NEPJOPH. 5. (2). p. 275-278.

Khanal S. Waardenburg syndrome: a report of two familial case series. Optom Vis Perf 2013;1(6):215-9 .