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UAB optometry and United Ability: A partnership for inclusive eye care

Through its Community Eye Care Service (CEC), the UAB School of Optometry has teamed up with United Ability, a nonprofit organization committed to empowering individuals with disabilities, to provide ...
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UAB Optometry professor leads UAB in $25 million myopia prevention study

UAB School of Optometry professor is joining a national network study to research myopia prevention in children. Myopia, ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gift of Sight 2025: UAB Eye Care is accepting applications to provide free vision care Dec. 1-5

Gift of Sight is UAB Eye Care’s annual event that provides free comprehensive eye exams and glasses for underserved and ...
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School of optometry

More than half of the university’s 1,954 graduating students will walk in commencement this semester. The UAB President’s Medal will be awarded to Marnix E. Heersink, M.D. Safal Khanal will use the ...
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First UAB optometry students become lifetime Albert Schweitzer Fellows

The UAB School of Optometry’s first Albert Schweitzer fellows completed their term and became lifetime fellows in 2024. The group of four students, all in the class of 2025, was divided into pairs to ...
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Our Vision, Mission, Values and Goals

The UAB School of Optometry is committed to understanding, preserving, restoring, and enhancing vision, eye health, and quality of life. The mission of the UAB School of Optometry is to educate ...
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Growth and Development

There is an ongoing need for access to healthcare in rural Alabama. To help, the Alabama Board of Optometric Scholarship and Loan Awards (BOSLA) has established a scholarship for first to fourth year ...
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Optometry student, alumni build vision and community at health clinic

Through the collaboration of Malia McDowell, Class of 2026, and dedicated UAB School of Optometry alumni, a vital new service was launched and sustained at the Community of Hope Health Clinic (CHHC).
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Weise honored with Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Award

The UAB School of Optometry is proud to recognize one of its most dedicated and impactful faculty members, Katherine Weise, OD, MBA, with the Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Award. This honor celebrates ...
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UAB Optometry welcomes Wright as assistant professor

The UAB School of Optometry has announced that Mallory Wright, OD, has joined the faculty as an assistant professor. Wright, a co-valedictorian graduate of the Southern College of Optometry, recently ...
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School of optometry

The university continues its five-year streak of record growth in research and development. The clinic will provide free vision, dental and medical services at Gadsden City High School. There are no ...