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Publication Information Thank You Corporate Contributors April 2024 Past Issues | Subscribe | Send to a Friend | optometriceducation.org April 2024 optomap® uncovering pathology, saving time, and improving diagnoses Optos ultra-widefield imaging takes less than ½ second to improve practice flow, uncover critical information and can help prevent vision loss. It is the ONLY 200° single-capture retinal image. Read More Advertisement ASCO News Sam Wetzel Named Recipient of ASCO’s Student Award in Clinical Ethics ASCO’s annual Student Award in Clinical Ethics, sponsored by Alcon, is available to optometry students during any point in their professional program at an ASCO-affiliated school or college of optometry in the U.S. and Canada. Learn More... Percentage of Female Faculty Decreases for First Time Since 2007-2008 For the first time in 16 years, the percentage of full-time female faculty decreased at the U.S. schools and colleges of optometry. Full-time (FT) female faculty comprise 59.9% of total FT faculty, according to ASCO’s 2023-2024 Annual Faculty Data Report , falling from 60.8% last year. The percentage had risen steadily since 2007-2008, when it was 40.8%. Learn More... ASCO Launches Eye Opener Sessions, a Shadowing/Mentorship Opportunity and Matching Service for Potential Optometry Students and Practicing Doctors of Optometry The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) announces Eye Opener Sessions , a complement to ASCO’s public awareness campaign, Optometry Gives Me Life . Learn More... ASCO Online Career Center The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry offers a Career Center resource, hosted by Boxwood. Learn More... Corporate Contributor News Johnson & Johnson News Learn More... Oculus News Congratulations to Our 2024 Winners of the OCULUS Optometry Student Scholarship! Learn More... Topcon News Jason Tu, OD, Reveals How to Boost Customer Satisfaction and Efficiency Using Top-notch Technology in Eye Care Learn More... VSP Vision News VSP Vision Doubles Investment in Student Loan Repayment Program and Opens 2024 Application Period Learn More... Member News American Optometric Association Announces 2024 Award Recipients Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD – Optometric Educator of the Year Maggie Dunn – Student of the Year Award Learn More... PCO/Salus Alumni Flip the Script with Unique Wedding Tale It started off with a toque and ended up with Akirta Sran, OD ‘20, and Brendan Connors, OD ‘20, two Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University alumni, getting married backwards and without a ring. And, along the way, four attempted proposals got delayed because of rain, just to add another level of uniqueness to a love story that started at PCO. Learn More... Berkeley Dry Eye Clinic Now Offering Intense Pulsed Laser Treatments The Dry Eye Clinic at UC Berkeley has added the OptiLight Intense Pulsed Laser (IPL) by Lumenis to their arsenal of in-office technologies to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye. IPL, used commonly in dermatology to treat rosacea and reduce telangiectasia (tiny, new blood vessels), is now being used to treat dry eye disease. Specifically, IPL treats the most common cause of dry eye disease – meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Learn More... Growing Up in Haiti Inspires PCO/Salus Student to Write Children’s Book On top of her busy schedule as a second-year student in the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University, Edesthele Decius ‘26OD released a children’s book titled, Grandma, Can You See?” in early 2024. Learn More... UAB Vision Science Doctoral Program Celebrates Banner Year Vision Science Graduate Program students, each of whom has prior academic and/or professional success, are driven by the desire to make discoveries that could impact humanity. During the 2022-2023 academic year, several students made significant steps toward achieving this worthy goal. Learn More... NECO Honors Deserving Alumni with Distinguished Award The New England College of Optometry (NECO) is honored to recognize its 2023 Distinguished Alumni honorees: Dr. Ansel T. Johnson ’85 and Dr. Mary Scott ’68. Learn More... Elkins Honored Dr. Lindsay Elkins, SCO’s Chair of Optometric Education, was named by the Memphis Business Journal to its Highest Education Who Lead award recipients. Learn More... Open Your Eyes to Bruder You know us for the #1 doctor recommended Bruder mask, but did you know we also offer products for eye hygiene and hydration? Our lid hygiene and tea tree oil wipes, eyelid cleansing solution (0.02% HOCl) and new Dry Eye Drink were developed with you and your dry eye patients in mind. Discover practice pricing and products that set Bruder apart at bruder.com/pro. Learn more Advertisement News to Share American Board of Optometry Introduces Board Certification to Students and Residents Dr. Catherine Hines, Director of Education and Assessment at the American Board of Optometry (ABO), always enjoys meeting the students and residents who stop by ABO’s booth at Optometry’s Meeting, Academy or SECO. Learn More... New Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Available for Peer and Public Review The peer and public review period officially began on March 7 and comments will be accepted through April 24. Learn More... 2024 National Academy of Medicine Awards Now Accepting Nominations! Nominations are now open for the National Academy of Medicine’s 2024 Gustav O. 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