On Tuesday, May 14th, we held our annual Fourth Year Awards Ceremony, honoring the most outstanding students of the graduating Doctor of Optometry (OD) class. Two awards were also presented to faculty: Dr. Debora Lee Chen was awarded the Dr. Michael G. Harris Family Classroom Teaching Award and Dr. Glen Ozawa was awarded the Dr. Roy Brandreth Teaching Award. Congratulations to our exceptional awardees and to the Class of 2024!
Gold Retinoscope Award
BaoChau T. VuAbout the Award
Graduation with Honors in Research
Mihret Girum
Title: Can Illusory Tilt Induce Optostatic Torsion?
Mentor: Jorge Otero-Millan, PhD
Estie Sherbak
Title: Assessing adaptation to monocular minification in wearable optics.
Mentors: Emily Cooper, PhD and Iona McLean
Beta Sigma Kappa Silver Medal Award
Michelle HoangFourth Year Awards
Amber Lee Candelaria
College of Optometrists in Vision Development Binocular Vision Award
Michelle Hoang
Dr. Justin Kwan Scholarship
Jun Wing Chen
Dr. Robert Greer Excellence in Low Vision Award
Vanessa Davina Morales
Dr. Roy Brandreth Scholarship Fund
Jun Wing Chen
Eschenbach Low Vision Award
Zhilin Huang
Good-Lite Pediatric Award
Michelle Hoang
Good-Lite Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Award
Vivian Nguyen
GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award
Eloisa Anguiano Morfin
HOYA Student Leadership Award
Jun Wing Chen
Home Therapy Systems Award
Mihret Girum
Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care
Vivian Pham
Optelec Excellence in Low Vision Award
Isabel Kazour
VSP Vision and American Academy of Optometry Foundation Practice Excellence Scholarship: Bernhardt N. Thal, OD
Ahmad Waheed Ahmadzada
VSP Vision and American Academy of Optometry Foundation Practice Excellence Scholarship: Marvin R. Poston, OD
Eloisa Anguiano Morfin
William Feinbloom Low Vision Award
Jun Wing Chen
William Harrison Memorial Fund Award
Amber Lee Candelaria