Sharing on behalf of Prevent Blindness The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is pleased to announce the call for nominations for its fourth annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award! The Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual, or group of individuals, to improve public health approaches for […]
ASCO and the Ethics Educators SIG are pleased to announce Cassondra Lux-O’Callaghan as the winner of the 2018 Student Award in Clinical Ethics. This annual national award provides the winner with a $1,000 award check and an acrylic engraved plaque. Cass is a student at Midwestern University, Arizona College of Optometry and is expected to […]
The March 20, 2018 Hints from Heloise column reminded readers how important a yearly visit to the eye doctor is. “Susan in Long Beach, California” shared with Heloise her “amazing experience at our local optometry school’s eye clinic…What a great hidden treasure!” Read the entire column here.
The American Board of Optometry (ABO) appreciates the passion and dedication to educating and training optometry students and helping them achieve their full potential. With precious little time and scarce resources, educators play a pivotal role in shaping their behaviors, philosophy, and commitment to practice. The ABO understands the significant impact educators have on the […]
Prevent Blindness is pleased to announce that Kira Baldonado has been named as its new vice president of public health and policy. Ms. Baldonado began her career with Prevent Blindness as the director of marketing and community services at the Ohio Affiliate of Prevent Blindness. She later joined the national office as the director of the […]
UHCO’s – University Eye Institute’s Center for Sight Enhancement (CSE) and the Houston Area Visually Impaired Network (HAVIN) hosted the seventh-annual vision expo on Saturday, April 14. The 2018 Insight Expo offered exhibits, programming and workshops on maintaining independence for Houston’s visually impaired and blind community. This year’s theme was “Preparing for the Seasons,” a […]
Marshall B. Ketchum University’s Southern California College of Optometry is happy to announce that Annabelle Storch, SCCO Class of 2019, was elected as President of the American Optometric Student Association earlier this year. Annabelle assumed her role as President in the spring. The entire Marshall B. Ketchum University community congratulates Annabelle on this distinguished honor.
The American Academy of Optometry is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2018 Student Travel Fellowship Awards. The travel fellowships, supported by Johnson & Johnson, The Vision Care Institute, will allow five students to present their research at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2018 annual meeting. The UHCO 2018 recipients […]
The Arizona College of Optometry at Midwestern University recently purchased and installed nine state-of-the-art VRMagic EyeSi simulation equipment units. EyeSi is programmable technology that provides the practice of direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy procedures. It allows the evaluation of optometry students using standardized patients for practical examinations with the potential to eliminate intra-examiner variability.
Dr. Diane Calderon will begin as chief of the primary care service at SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center on July 9. Dr. Calderon received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) in 2003 and completed a residency in primary care optometry at PCO in 2004. She began her career as […]
