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October 27, 2017

SUNY Optometry’s Tristan Barrueco, Elaina Nellis Receive 2017 VSP Global/FYi Doctors Scholarships

ORLANDO, October 27, 2017 — SUNY Optometry students Tristan Barrueco and Elaina M. Nellis have received 2017 Practice Excellence Scholarships for their commitment to the independent practice of optometry, clinical performance, and academic performance. The awards are funded through VSP Global’s Eyes of Hope® Global Charitable Fund in collaboration with FYi Doctors and is administered […]

October 27, 2017

2017 Student and Resident Academy Travel Fellowships

We congratulate SUNY Optometry’s 2017 recipients of student and resident travel fellowships to attend the American Academy of Optometry’s 96th annual meeting in Chicago, IL. American Optometric Student Association Student Travel Fellowship Jennifer Nguyen New Jersey Chapter Student Travel Fellowships Mark Hakim Kristen Stuart Alan Tsai Essilor Educational Grant Nolan Wilson Johnson and Johnson Vision […]

September 28, 2017

SUNY Optometry’s Renovated Lobby Honored with Graphic Design USA Award

NEW YORK, September 28, 2017 — Calori & Vanden-Eynden (C&VE), the design consultancy retained to create a new look for SUNY Optometry’s renovated lobby, has received a 2017 Graphic Design USA American Health + Wellness Design Award for its work at the College. The award acknowledges outstanding graphic communication in traditional medicine and healthcare, holistic […]

September 26, 2017

SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez Receives ZEISS Young Investigator Award in Myopia Research

She also delivered the Josh Wallman Memorial Lecture during the recent International Myopia Conference in the UK. SUNY Optometry assistant clinical professor Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez received the ZEISS Young Investigator Award in Myopia Research during the International Myopia Conference in Birmingham, UK from September 14 to 17. The award recognizes young researchers for distinguished contributions […]

September 26, 2017

SUNY Optometry Alumna Dr. Jillia Edris Bird Helps Barbudans See Clearly After Hurricane Irma

The island’s entire population was evacuated following the storm. Dr. Bird set up a free clinic to address their vision needs. When Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda on September 6 with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour, it leveled the Caribbean island, damaging more than 90 percent of the homes, taking out the power […]

September 18, 2017

Inside University Eye Center’s Myopia Control Clinic

SUNY Optometry works to contain an increasingly common vision condition. In the 1970s, one in four children had myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness. Fast forward to today and that number has jumped to 40 percent of kids—nearly one in two. Studies estimate that by 2050, half of the world’s population will have myopia. SUNY […]

August 31, 2017

SUNY Optometry Receives Empire Innovation Program Award

NEW YORK, August 31, 2017 — SUNY College of Optometry was awarded $750,000 through the SUNY Empire Innovation Program (EIP) to recruit an investigator with expertise in molecular genetic vision research focusing on eye disease. EIP is a state-funded competitive grant program dedicated to recruiting and retaining world-class faculty at SUNY. The new position is […]

August 25, 2017

Scholarly Activities – Summer 2017

Akopian A, Kumar S, Ramakrishnan H, Roy K, Viswanathan S, Bloomfield SA. (2017) Targeting neuronal gap junctions in mouse retina offers neuroprotection in glaucoma. J Clin Invest. 2017 Jun 30; 127(7):2647-2661. doi: 10.1172/JCI91948. Epub 2017 Jun 12. PMID:28604388 Joshi NR, Ly E. (2017) Viswanathan S. Intensity response function of the photopic negative response (PhNR): Effect […]

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