Research shows it may be possible for even adults with amblyopia to recover some vision. Come learn more at Alumni CE Weekend, June 7-8. Plenty of topics for 12 hours of CE! Register now: uwaterloo.ca/school-of-opto…

It's Myopia Awareness Week! Check out the info provided by Dr. Debbie Jones, one of the world's leading experts in myopia and myopia control. uwaterloo.ca/optometry-visi…

Talk about collaborative research and educational opportunities in a single picture. You are looking at Dr. Amit Mathur (@uwoptom grad & LVPEI (LVPEI)), Ben Thompson (UWOVS & Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR)) and Lyndon Jones (UWOVS, CORE & CEVR) at #ARVO2024 .

Optometrists! Come to Alumni CE Weekend June 7-8 for 12 hours of continuing education led by experts like Dr. Virginia Donati. Not to mention good times!
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To close out #ARVO2024 , let's celebrate our students' successes once more. Congrats Piyush for being recognized as presenter of a hot topic poster, and to Asiya for receiving the ARVO travel grant award and her poster being selected for the MIT competition. Well done everyone!

Dr. Debbie Jones, a leading expert in myopia (nearsightedness), gives you the rundown on what myopia is and how it can be treated - including slowing down its progression in children. #VisionHealthMonth Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) youtube.com/watch?v=vfJv7w…

Kristine Dalton (UWaterloo Optometry & Vision Science) delivered a keynote presentation on concussion in para athletes and the chasms in surveillance, assessment and management.

It was #ARVO2024 Day 4 yesterday, and we finally managed to get a shot of all CORE members in Seattle this year! We even managed to capture fellow School of Optometry colleague Vivian Choh in one of the pics!

Alumni CE Weekend is coming up on June 7-8! Come to Waterloo for 12 hours of continuing education (10 hours COPE pending, 2 hours non-COPE) and good times! Register now: uwaterloo.ca/school-of-opto…

Join CBB's exciting new initiative, the Clinical Council! Apply for the upcoming engagement session by May 14 👇👇

More posters from CORE today at #ARVO2024 - today's posters look at ocular #DrugDelivery (Board B0235) and the impact of #MyopiaControl spectacle lenses on choroidal thickness (Board B0440). Don't miss it!

Make sure to attend the #ARVO2024 Minisymposium on 'Contact lens is not a piece of plastic: Back to the future', where CORE director Lyndon Jones will be talking about 'New materials and emerging techniques'. Please join from 2:15 - 4pm!

More impressions from Day 2 of #ARVO2024 , this time courtesy of CORE lead clinical scientist Ally (she/her) who presented results from a study on diurnal changes in corneal dendritic cell density.

Did you ever wonder how ocular #DrugDelivery via contact lenses works? And did you know that biodegradable contact lenses may be an option for that? Find out more at Brandon's poster today at #ARVO2024 (Board B0341) #CEVR

Congratulations to Asiya Jabeen, Doerte Luensmann, Jill Woods and Lyndon Jones on their publication, 'Evaluation of Lag of Accommodation with Full-Field Diffusion Optics Technology™ (DOT) Contrast Management Spectacle Lenses in Emmetropic Children'
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It's Day 2 of ARVO, and we join into the fun today! Make sure to visit the exhibition hall for posters on a novel #MGD treatment (Board B0513) and a poster on diurnal changes corneal dendritic cell density (Board B0517)

Exciting news for one of our grad students. Asiya Jabeen's poster has been selected for the MIT Outstanding Poster Competition. She will present her poster on Wednesday, May 8 from 5:30 – 7 pm PT in Room 2AB in the Seattle Convention Center. Make sure to visit her poster!

We're on a major recruitment drive. Come work at of the world's top schools of optometry and vision science!
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#Hiring #Optometry #VisionScience

Attending #ARVO2024 ? Head to our exciting mini symposium on the functional consequences of #amblyopia !

#ARVO2024 starts tomorrow! Safe travels to Seattle everyone! And if you are still planning your schedule, here's some inspiration on topics such as #DryEye , #DrugRelease , #CornealCells , #ContactLenses and #Myopia