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The President’s Research Excellence (PRE) program provides seed support for cross- and interdisciplinary research projects that have the potential to attract external funding. Nineteen teams have been awarded funding through the Accelerator Grant program. These grants of up to $50,000 are for small...

Note: Ohio State Optometry Professor Melissa D. Bailey, OD, PhD, and Emeritus Professor Joseph T. Barr, OD, MS, are two of the co-founders of Lentechs. • LEN101 study of investigational contact lenses APIOC™ for Presbyopia and APIOC for Presbyopia with Astigmatism • LEN102 study of investigational...

VSP Global and the Rick Bay Foundation have named Jacob Shipton, OD, a Class of 2021 graduate from The Ohio State University College of Optometry, as the winner of the Ohio State Student Innovator Award. Dr. Shipton’s winning idea, Eye-Bridge, aims to improve patient comfort and clinician experience...

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Congratulations to Taylor Norris for capping off her fourth-year at #OSUopt with a national award! The soon-to-be Dr. Norris is the recipient of the 2021 Alcon Case Report Award for both our college and the nation. To earn the award, she wrote a report titled, The previously unthinkable...

To support the education of countless future eye care professionals, CooperVision has committed funding for the new eye care clinic at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. Contact lens services provided by the clinic include soft contact lens fittings for the correction of myopia...

UnEYEted, a pilot grant program jointly funded by The Ohio State University College of Optometry and Department of Ophthalmology, helps unite optometry and ophthalmology through collaborative research. Each year, short presentations highlight research conducted by the two units in order to inspire...

The Ohio State University College of Optometry's Dean Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, is the winner of the 2020 Charles F. Prentice Medal Award, the highest research honor bestowed by the American Academy of Optometry. The Charles F. Prentice Medal Award is awarded annually to a distinguished scientist or...

Dr. Roanne Flom, OD, professor of clinical optometry and low vision chief at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, is the winner of the American Academy of Optometry’s 2020 William Feinbloom Award. This award is presented annually to an individual who has made a distinguished and...

Congratulations to Ohio State Optometry Associate Dean for Research Jeff Walline (OD, MS’98, PhD’02), winner of the Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award from the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry. The Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award...