Lyndon Jones, CORE Director, will receive the American Academy of Optometry’s Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award for his significant contributions to the field of cornea and contact lens research. His award lecture, “But I always hated chemistry …” is scheduled for 5pm on October 25 at the Seattle Convention Centre.
Founding director of the CORE, Desmond Fonn, recently received the Donald R. Korb Award for Excellence from the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Association. This award is presented annually to an individual who has been a true innovator in the field of contact lenses and anterior segment disease – a description that certainly suits Des, who developed the CORE from a three-person operation into a thriving hub of basic and applied research over the course of two decades.
Congratulations to Kathy Dumbleton, whose paper, “The Impact of Contemporary Contact Lenses on Contact Lens Discontinuation” (Eye and Contact Lens 2013. 39(1):93-99) was highlighted as one of the “Top 6 Articles in Ophthalmology” by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
The article describes a study that was conducted to determine whether new contact lens materials and designs have impact the contact lens dropout rate and reasons for discontinuation. Read more here.
Congratulations to graduate student, Chau-Minh Phan, for winning both first place and the People’s Choice award at the university-wide Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. The 3MT is a university-wide competition in which competitors are invited to use only one slide to present their thesis in three minutes. It began at the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2008. The competition made its debut in Canada at the University of British Columbia in 2011, and was hosted by 17 Canadian universities this year. Chau competed against 170 competitors across six faculties. Continue reading “CORE Graduate Student wins 3MT competition”
From 570 News’ “Ask the Experts”, listen to Dr. Debbie Jones as she talks about the CORE, children in contact lenses and myopia control studies (aired December 15, 2012) or listen to Dr. Lyndon Jones as he talks about the CORE and dry eye research (aired December 22, 2012).
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If you have been invited to take part in the NANAIMO study, and have a study code from your eye care practitioner, please click here: cclrstudy.uwaterloo.ca
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The CORE is pleased to announce that Dr. Desmond Fonn, Founding Director of the CORE, has received the honour of becoming a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, in recognition of his contributions to contact lens research, his philanthropic activities and his outstanding record of service to both the university and the academic community.
The CORE would like to invite you to visit Contact Lens Update, a website dedicated to presenting current research findings within the context of best practices for clinical care.
