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 […]
Dr. Joshua C. Baker has been promoted to Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry (AZCOPT). He previously held the titles of Assistant Dean and Clinical Assistant Professor at AZCOPT. Dr. Baker has worked to grow and develop clinical rotations at the Midwestern University Eye Institute and external rotation […]
University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO) faculty members Dr. Heather Anderson, Dr. Jason Marsack and Dr. Julia Benoit received a $1.67 million dollar grant from the National Eye Institute to develop novel spectacle prescribing strategies for patients who have Down Syndrome. In pilot studies, their proposed strategies, which take into account the elevated levels […]
Construction of the Alfred and Sarah Rosenbloom Center on Vision and Aging at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) Illinois Eye Institute is nearly complete. The center was established in 2012 by former ICO president Dr. Alfred Rosenbloom and his wife, Sarah, to provide unparalleled care to the aging population and patients with visual impairment. […]
This past fall, the first class of 10 students began the new Scholars Program at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University (PCO). The program is the first in the nation designed to enable students to complete the Doctor of Optometry degree program in 36 months. The unique curriculum emphasizes lecture and laboratory instruction, […]
Marshall B. Ketchum University (MBKU) opened its 10th Annual Shared Visions Art Exhibit, which features the work of blind and visually impaired artists. This year’s juried art exhibit includes 93 pieces of artwork from 32 artists from the United States, Canada and Sweden. The pieces were selected from 142 entries. The opening of the exhibit, […]
Southern College of Optometry (SCO) has acquired a mobile eye exam unit from S.A.V.E. (School Advocates for Vision and Education), a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 to increase access to services for children failing to receive needed follow-up care after an in-school vision screening. Prior to the acquisition, the unit was funded by support from […]
Dr. Ian Bailey, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry (UCB), is retiring this summer. Considered a “Berkeley Optometry legend,” Dr. Bailey is an international authority in the field of low vision. His contributions to vision science and low-vision rehabilitation have been recognized with such honors […]
Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry (NOVA) has been awarded up to $556,532 from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health for the work it will do along with other research centers as part of the national Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial – Attention and Reading Trial. Dr. Rachel A. “Stacey” Coulter is […]
A new elective course — Supplement Facts for Health Care Professionals — was offered for the first time this spring to third-year students at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry (WUCO). Professor of Nutrition Dr. Ron Waltman, a chiropractor who was contracted to teach the class, said the goals of the class […]
