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Johnson & Johnson Vision Residency Award Recipients Announced

The residency awards support post-graduate advanced training related to children’s vision and contact lenses.

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August 30, 2021

Johnson & Johnson Vision Residency Award Recipients Announced

(PRESS RELEASE) ORLANDO, FL — The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) announces the recipients of the 2021 Johnson & Johnson Vision Residency Awards.

These residency awards support post-graduate advanced training in optometric clinical care, education, and research methods specific to the fields of children’s vision and contact lenses. The 2021 residents were carefully selected by peer review conducted by members from the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies, and the Binocular Vision, Perception and Pediatric Optometry Section. Each recipient will receive $2,000 toward their graduate education and a $750 travel grant to attend Academy 2021 Boston, November 3-6, 2021.

The AAOF is once again thankful for the professional relationship between the Foundation and Johnson & Johnson Vision. Their continued support advances the caliber of optometric education.

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