Dr. Bonnielin Swenor | Ophthalmology

Bonnielin K. Swenor, Ph.D., M.P.H is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Swenor received her MPH and PhD degrees in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the National Institute on Aging prior to joining the Wilmer faculty. She holds a joint appointment with the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Swenor's research is at the intersection of aging and ophthalmology. Her primary research focus is to determine how visual impairment affects the aging process, including the impact of vision loss and eye disease on physical and cognitive decline. Dr. Swenor has epidemiologic expertise in longitudinal study design and analysis. Her current research includes examining mobility, reading, and cognitive functioning in older adults with vision loss, as well as psychosocial consequences of visual impairment.