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NEW YORK, June 17, 2019 — The maturation of visual acuity in both amblyopia and myopia may be closely associated with the development of pathways signaling bright features in the brain, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience by SUNY College of Optometry doctoral candidate Carmen Pons Torres and colleagues in the laboratory […]

June 14, 2019

Dr. Shiri Azenkot Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Shiri Azenkot, assistant professor of information science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell University, presented on augmented reality to support people with low vision in daily tasks during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, June 14. Dr. Shiri Azenkot is developing technology for existing smartphones that would assist blind people and those suffering […]

June 13, 2019

An Eye on Alumni: Dr. Rae Huang ’13

From flexibility to professional fulfilment, she says the benefits of working for herself in private practice make it a no brainer. There is literally not a single day that Dr. Rae Huang ’13 can recall that she didn’t want to be an optometrist. “I’ve always been interested in eyes, and I’ve wanted to be an […]

June 12, 2019

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Anita Barrington-King

The optometric technician is approaching three decades at the University Eye Center. To hear Anita Barrington-King tell it, she is the definition of no nonsense: She comes into the office, she has a list of what to do and she gets it done. To hear anyone else tell it—and plenty could, as Mrs. Barrington-King has […]

June 12, 2019

SUNY Optometry to Host Greek Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Dimitra Makrynioti

The contact lens specialist sees her time in the College’s myopia lab as both a personal and transnational mission. No one would argue that Dr. Dimitra Makrynioti’s life in Patras, Greece, is unexciting. A lecturer and researcher at the Technological Educational Institution (TEI), her many activities include tango, cycling, photography, Greek folk dancing and volunteer […]

June 10, 2019

An Eye on Alumni: Dr. Joe Rappon ’00

With more than a decade of work on the industry side of optometry, his product initiatives are helping the world to see better. Many optometrists were once children with vision problems, firsthand witnesses to the wonders made possible by dedicated eye care professionals. And while Dr. Joe Rappon ’00 did spend time in the optometrist’s […]

June 10, 2019

Dr. Bradley Dougherty Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Bradley Dougherty, assistant professor of optometry at The Ohio State University, presented on driving with central vision impairment during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, June 7. His clinical interest is in low vision rehabilitation and his research evaluates low vision rehabilitation strategies, driving with visual impairment, […]

June 7, 2019

Beyond Our Borders: Dr. Ada Mmaduagwu on Her Internship at SUNY Optometry

She came to New York through a program with Abia State University Uturu in Nigeria—and left with a wealth of valuable experiences. Many children spent time at the eye doctor’s office as they grew up—though few have been there as often as Dr. Ada Mmaduagwu. Tagging along to work with her mother, who was an […]

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