New England College of Optometry (NECO) recently welcomed eight students into the 2017 Summer Research Training Program. Funded by a a research training grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, T35, the program runs from May through August 2017. The Summer Research Program is led by director Dr. Jane Gwiazda […]
Rachel Reed, UHCO OPT II, is the American Optometric Students Association’s National Liaison to the World Congress of Optometry (WCO). She has been selected to attend the 2nd World Congress of Optometry in Hyderabad, India from September 11-13, 2017. This is an impressive honor to be selected to attend the WCO. For more information on […]
After more than two years of planning and five months of construction, equipment delivery and assembly, the revamped Optometry Clinical Procedures Lab is now open, along with the newly added Virtual Reality Simulation Lab. These two major initiatives aim to keep Salus at the forefront of optometric education delivery, and are part of the University’s five year […]
Dr. Edward S. Bennett, College of Optometry, University of Missouri-Saint Louis Professor and Assistant Dean for Student and Alumni Relations, was installed as Chair of the AOA Section on Contact Lenses and Cornea during the 2017 Optometry’s Meeting in Washington, DC. Last year, Contact Lens Spectrum counted Dr. Bennett among the 30 most influential in […]
The International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) presented the prestigious IACLE Contact Lens Educator of the Year Awards and IACLE Travel Award at the 40th British Contact Lens Association Clinical Conference June 9-11, 2017. The full story can be found at www.opt.uh.edu under the section “The Latest.”
Taylor Dahms (UMSL’18), was named the National Liaison for the Contact Lenses and Cornea Section during Optometry’s Meeting in June. And she loved it. “It was very inspiring to see some of our greatest leaders in the field deliberate on the proceedings for the upcoming year and see their passion behind every decision they make. […]
Drs. Thomas Freddo (right) and Edward Chaum (left) with copies of their new textbook. Thomas F. Freddo, OD, PhD, FAAO, Adjunct Professor of Optometry at MCPHS, recently published a new textbook entitled, “Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit: The Clinical Essentials.” Before coming to MCPHS, Dr. Freddo served as Professor and Director of the […]
