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UAB Optometry professor leads UAB in $25 million myopia prevention study

Safal Khanal, O.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, will serve as the principal investigator at UAB Clinical Center for the $25 million ...
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Study in Modern Optometry Shows Effectiveness Of Merakris Therapeutics’ Eye Product, Opticyte® Matrix

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opticyte ® Amniotic Ocular Matrix, a product of Research Triangle Park-based Merakris Therapeutics, has gotten the attention of a ...
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Panel: Results of workforce study indicate opportunity for optometry

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA – Here at Optometry’s Meeting, a panel presented results of the National Eye Care Workforce Study ...
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SUNY Optometry faculty awarded $500,000 grant from American Academy Of Optometry Foundation and Meta Reality Labs Research

SUNY College of Optometry announced today that a team of faculty researchers led by Xiaoying Zhu, OD, PhD, MD, MS, FAAO, has been awarded a $500,000 Myopia Research Grant from the American Academy of ...
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Wearing glasses improves reading fluency for kids with 'high' astigmatism

For children with severe astigmatism, wearing glasses to correct blurred vision can significantly improve accurate reading speed, reports a study in the February issue of Optometry and Vision Science, ...