OD Honors Projects
We’ve listed recent projects to give you an idea of the kind of projects our students are doing for the OD Honors program.
Honors in Clinical Science
Mimia Wen
Class of 2019
Mentor: Kuniyoshi Kanai, OD, FAAO
Dianna Lam
Class of 2016
Mentor: Kuniyoshi Kanai, OD
Laura Lujan
Class of 2015
Mentors: Shirin Barez, MD, MS, Carl H. Jacobsen, OD, and Brandon J. Lujan, MD
Honors in Research
Mihret Girum
Class of 2024
Mentor: Jorge Otero-Millan, PhD
Estie Sherbak
Class of 2024
Mentors: Emily Cooper, PhD and Iona McLean
Sara J. Abboud
Class of 2023
Mentors: David Evans, PhD; Suzanne Fleiszig, OD, PhD, FAAO & Naren Kumar, PhD
Elsie Shin Sawai
Class of 2023
Mentors: Elise N. Harb, OD, PhD, FAAO & Christine F. Wildsoet, OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO
Tiffany Fung
Class of 2022
Mentor: Susana T. L. Chung, OD, PhD
Jacqueline D. Nguyen
Class of 2021
Mentors: Marlena Chu, OD, FAAO and Emily Cooper, PhD
Joanna Toner
Class of 2021
Mentor: Susana Chung, OD, PhD
Charlotte Yiyi Wang
Class of 2019
Mentors: Austin Roorda, PhD and Sowmya Ravikumar, PhD
Molly Duong
Class of 2018
Mentor: Dennis M. Levi, OD, PhD
Elysia Ison
Class of 2018
Mentors: Sowmya Ravikumar, PhD and Christine F. Wildsoet, OD, PhD
Kenneth Tran
Class of 2018
Mentors: Roger W. Li, PhD and Dennis M. Levi, OD, PhD
Ka Yee So
Class of 2017
Mentor: Dennis M. Levi, OD, PhD
Britney Kitamata-Wong
Class of 2016
Mentors: Meng Lin, OD, PhD
Jill Lobingier
Class of 2016
Mentor: Dennis Levi, OD, PhD
Tracy Wang
Class of 2016
Mentor: Marilyn Schneck, PhD and Marcus Bearse, PhD
Ann Chang
Class of 2015
Mentors: Marcus A. Bearse, PhD and Anthony J. Adams, OD, PhD
Jeremy Chin
Class of 2015
Mentor: Susana T. L. Chung, OD, PhD
Heather French
Class of 2015
Mentor: Meng C. Lin, OD, PhD
Rajpreet Kaur
Class of 2015
Mentor: Susana T. L. Chung, OD, PhD
Kevin Tong
Class of 2015
Mentor: Meng C. Lin, OD, PhD
Kevin Wang
Class of 2015
Mentors: Ravikanth Metlapally, PhD and Christine F. Wildsoet, OD, PhD
Thomas Wu
Class of 2015
Mentors: Roger W. Li, PhD and Dennis M. Levi, OD, PhD