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Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE)

Multiple Awards for CORE Researchers

Lynden Jones from CORE
Lynden Jones

CORE director Lyndon Jones has been recognized with the Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal award at this year’s American Academy of Optometry Conference in Indianapolis.

The Carel C. Koch Award is presented annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the enhancement and development of relationships between optometry and other professions.

Lyndon is cross appointed to the University of Waterloo departments of Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and is adjunct professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at McMaster University, Canada, and the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Sharon Qiu from CORE
Sharon Qiu

Congratulations to CORE PhD candidate Sharon Qiu, who was one of two winners of the Fighting Blindness Canada Clinician Scientist Emerging Leader award!

The award is endowed with $40,000 in funding towards Sharon’s graduate work, during which she will be designing and testing the next generation of scleral lenses. What a fantastic accomplishment, Sharon!

Find out more about Sharon’s work and the award at the Fighting Blindness Canada website

Source: CORE

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