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2017 AAO Travel Fellowship Recipients Announced

Tuesday, September 26 2017 | 00 h 00 min | News

The American Academy of Optometry announced the recipients of the 2017 Student Travel Fellowship Awards and Resident Travel Fellowship Awards. These travel fellowships will allow students and residents to attend Academy 2017 Chicago, October 11 -14, 2017.

Students from Canadian universities were among the 2017 recipients:

Frank W. Weymouth Student Travel Fellowship
Diane N. Sayah, OD, University of Montreal

Irvin M. Borish Student Travel Fellowship
Lacey Haines, OD, FIACLE, University of Waterloo

American Academy of Optometry Student Travel Fellowship
Mariko Hirano, OD, University of Waterloo

Funded by an educational grant from Johnson and Johnson Vision
Asiya Jabeen, University of Waterloo
Elise Luthun, University of Montreal
Stephanie Wong, University of Waterloo

Funded by an educational grant from Essilor
Rahul Joshi, University of Waterloo
Guillaume Landry-Proulx, University of Montreal

Kirschen Family Student Travel Fellowship
Kirsten Carter, University of Waterloo

Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies Resident Travel Fellowships funded by Coopervision
Laurence Boily, OD, University of Montreal

 

Click HERE to view a complete list of recipients.

 

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