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AAOF Announces Recipients of the 2020 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care Grants

The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) announces the 2020 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care Grant recipients. This award recognizes outstanding fourth-year student clinicians who have demonstrated skillful knowledge of the contact lens field. Each winner will receive a $500 educational award and a personalized plaque commemorating their accomplishment.

2020 Recipients and Institutions Attended:

-Camille Leblanc, University of Montreal, School of Optometry

– Angela Zhang, University of Waterloo, School of Optometry and Vision Science

-Alice Han, Illinois College of Optometry

-Tyler Kerr, Indiana University, School of Optometry

-Patrick Patterson, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Optometry

-Nicholas Pike, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Optometry

-Abigail Zielke, Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University

-Taylor Erhardt, Midwestern University Arizona, College of Optometry

-Esther Lee, New England College of Optometry

-Kristen Moore, Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry

-Crystal Victor, Nova Southeastern University, College of Optometry

-Jasmine Barker, The Ohio State University, College of Optometry

-Liandra Jung, Pacific University, College of Optometry

-Janice Chau, Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University

-Taylor Kiyota, Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University

-Jared Freedman, Southern College of Optometry

-Mariya Klyuzner, State University of New York, College of Optometry

-Mohammed Haque, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Optometry

-Connie Chen, University of California Berkeley, School of Optometry

-Megan Wagner, University of Houston, College of Optometry

-Caroline Mendus, University of Missouri – St. Louis, College of Optometry

-Nitya Murthy, University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Optometry

– Brooke Segerstrom, University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry

– Esther Lautz Abuata, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry

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