Melissa Bailey

Professor
Address
338 W 10th Ave Columbus, OH 43210-1240
Biography

Melissa D. Bailey, OD, PhD is a professor at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Optometry. Her research areas of interest include soft contact lens fitting strategies and preventing adverse events as well as the lifelong development of the ciliary muscle. She is also a serial inventor with multiple U.S. and international patents. She received her Doctor of Optometry and PhD in vision science from The Ohio State University. Dr. Bailey was awarded the 2022 Innovator of the Year at The Ohio State University for her work in technology commercialization. Dr. Bailey enjoys teaching students about contact lenses within the optometry curriculum, and she also teaches graduate seminar courses.