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KW Record Interview
The prevalence of nearsightedness, or myopia, is growing worldwide. Lyndon Jones and Jill Woods sat down with a KW Record reporter to explain the CORE’s contribution to myopia research.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Will Ngo for winning the 2014 William C. Ezell Fellowship.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Lyndon Jones on being awarded the Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award for 2014 by the American Optometric Foundation and the American Academy of Optometry. The award is given annually to a distinguished scientist or clinician scientist in recognition of the quality, significance, impact, and relevance to optometry of his or her current research contributions.
CORE on ProvinceWide
Click here to see a CTV News feature on the CORE, featuring Drs. Jill Woods, Mike Yang and Lyndon Jones.
Congratulations!
To …
- Brad Hall, for being awarded the Murchison Callender Young Investigator Award at the 8the Canadian Optometry Schools Research Conference.
- Lyndon Jones, for being awarded the Dr. Donald R. Korb Award by the American Optometric Association’s Contact Lens and Cornea Section, in recognition of innovation and leadership in the field of contact lenses and anterior segment disease.
- Jill Woods and William Ngo, for becoming new Fellows of the American Academy of Optometry.
CORE releases organizational profile to celebrate 25th anniversary
Download our organizational profile for more information about the CORE, including clinical, biological and socio-behavioural research, educational activities and more.
Lyndon Jones to receive 2013 Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award
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.
Desmond Fonn receives Donald R. Korb Award for Excellence
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.
Paper ranked in “Top 6 Articles in Ophthalmology”
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.