Tag: getting involved
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation Encourages Eye Doctors to Adopt a Local School...
Good vision is a basic human right, but according to the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health, one in four schoolchildren in...
Alcon Expands Plastic Bank Partnership in 2023 to Further Support Sustainability...
Alcon has announced the expansion of the partnership with Plastic Bank – an organization that builds recycling ecosystems in under-developed communities to fight plastic pollution...
WO Board Brings Breadth of Perspectives
In order to bring a greater perspective to Women In Optometry, WO recently added 12 new members to its advisory board. Joining six current...
Dr. Essence Johnson Named Executive Director of Black Eyecare Perspective
Essence Johnson, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO, has been named the first executive director of the Black Eyecare Perspective, an organization designed to help foster...
For its 100-Year Anniversary, SECO is Making History
For the first time in SECO’s 100-year history, an outgoing female president will hand the gavel to an incoming female president at the House...
MrBeast Sponsors 1,000 Cataract Surgeries
1,000 people around the world received the gift of sight after YouTuber MrBeast paid for their cataract surgeries. Cataracts affect more than 24 million...
San Diego OD Honored With Pyxis Award by OWA
Beverly Bianes, OD, was named a Pyxis Honoree by the Optical Women’s Association (OWA). The award, named after “The Compass” constellation, is given to...
OD Finds Fellow Diversity Advocates with MyEyeDr.
As an optometry student, T’sani Watson, OD, fell in love with the eye care field but was surprised by the lack of diversity within...
