The National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) announced Dr. Janet Leasher, Associate Professor of optometry at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry (NOVA), as its new Planning Committee member for 2015-2018. The Planning Committee, which advises the National Eye Institute on the overall development, implementation and evaluation of NEHEP activities, comprises experts in eye care […]
The theme of the fourth annual Houston Area Insight Expo, scheduled to take place April 25 at the University of Houston, is “Looking Into Leisure.” The event will address leisure-time pursuits for the visually impaired through workshops on audio-described venues, book services and clubs, outdoor activities, martial arts and physical training, crafts and gardening, ham […]
Dr. Vladimir Yevseyenkov, Assistant Professor at Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry and the Midwestern University Eye Institute, was invited to participate in a White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) regional forum, which was held in Phoenix on March 31. The WHCOA has been held once a decade since 1961 and is designed to help […]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Disease at New England College of Optometry Dr. Frances Rucker has been awarded a five-year grant totaling more than $1.5 million from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health in support of her research project “cone sensitivity to temporal changes in color and luminance and the […]
Dr. Alfred A. Rosenbloom, Jr., who was Dean of Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) from 1955 to 1971 and President from 1972 to 1982, died at the age of 94 on April 7. As noted by ICO, for more than 50 years, Dr. Rosenbloom served not only as a skilled practitioner but also as a […]
Dr. Lewis Reich, Professor and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, has been named Interim President at Southern College of Optometry (SCO) following the recent resignation of Dr. Richard W. Phillips. Dr. Reich joined the SCO faculty in 2008 after nearly a decade with the Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry. Dr. J. Bart Campbell, […]
Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry is conducting an agreement and precision trial and a normative reference database trial with the OCT-1 Maestro, an optical coherence tomography device for which Topcon is seeking FDA clearance. The trials, which began in March and will continue until June 2015, involve patients in three categories: healthy, […]
This May, Dr. Satya Verma, Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Externship Program at Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry, will be presented with the Pennsylvania Optometric Association’s 2015 Dr. Jerry Davidoff Memorial Award. The award is given to a person who demonstrates high moral character, professionalism and a willingness to assist in the […]
By demonstrating advanced competency in the areas of vision development, binocular vision, visual information processing and vision therapy, Dr. Yutaka Maki has become a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. Dr. Maki is a Clinical Instructor and the Chief of the Vision Therapy and Binocular Vision Service at the University of the […]
In honor of Dr. Ian L. Bailey, an international authority in the field of low vision who recently retired from his faculty position at the University of California – Berkeley School of Optometry (UCB), Berkeley Optometry’s low vision residency program has been named The Ian L. Bailey Low Vision Residency, and an endowment fund has […]
