Karla Zadnik

Karla Zadnik is Dean of the College of Optometry and Glenn A. Fry Professor of Optometry and Physiological Optics at The Ohio State University.

An esteemed patient-oriented researcher in the field of optometry and vision science, Dean Zadnik served as the study chairman for the National Eye Institute-funded Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error (CLEERE) Study for 20 years and chaired the first-ever National Eye Institute-funded multicenter study based in optometry, the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study.

In addition, she is a past president of the American Academy of Optometry, the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, and the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. She also served a four-year term on the National Advisory Eye Council for the National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health. She received the Academy's Prentice Award in 2020.