(PRESS RELEASE) CORAL SPRINGS, FL — ABB Optical Group, the largest independent provider of optical services and solutions, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 11th Annual Optometry Student Challenge. Six talented students will showcase their research posters during an interactive webinar scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 8 PM ET. Alongside expert judges, webinar attendees will have the opportunity to cast votes for their favorite submissions, contributing to the final winner selection.
The Optometry Student Challenge will award travel grants of $1,500 each to three winning students selected from the finalists. These third or fourth-year optometry students will attend the 2026 Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) taking place January 7–10 in Las Vegas, NV, where they will present their award-winning scientific posters.
“We’d love to have all our industry colleagues join us for what promises to be a really engaging evening. These students have put their hearts into creating thoughtful contact lens cases, and it’s truly inspiring to see. Please come out and support these future optometrists by casting your vote on December 11,” said Dede Reyes, FCLSA, Director, Consultation & Education for ABB Optical Group.
To attend the webinar event register here.
2025 Optometry Student Finalists:
| Author |
Presentation |
Optometry School |
| Derik Holmberg |
Effects on the Anterior Segment from Multifocal Contact Lens Myopia Control: Results from the BLINK study |
Ohio State University – College of Optometry |
| Wayland Leung |
A Good Impression Goes a Long Way: Impression-Based Gas Permeable Lens for Management of Exposure Keratopathy and Filtering Glaucoma Bleb |
SCCO – Marshall B. Ketchum University |
| Kaitlyn Nguyen |
Multifocal Success with Dual-Modality Lenses in Post-Surgical Cornea |
SUNY – College of Optometry |
| Jessica Quinagoran |
Scleral Lenses as a Non-Surgical Solution for Congenital Ptosis and Ocular Surface Disease |
SCCO – Marshall B. Ketchum University |
| Heimraj Resaul |
Precision Vision: HOA Corrected Dual Sagittal Scleral Lens in Traumatic Aphakia |
Pennsylvania College of Optometry |
| Vincent Vu |
First Report of Ointment-Filled Scleral Lens to Heal Persistent Epithelial Defect with Continuous Wear |
SCCO – Marshall B. Ketchum University |
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