(PRESS RELEASE) BLOOMINGTON, IN — Indiana University School of Optometry Distinguished Professor Stephen A. Burns will be awarded an honorary degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry during its 50th Commencement Ceremony on May 23, 2024.
Dr. Burns will receive the Doctor of Science, honoris causa, degree in recognition of his contributions to the field of vision science. He has a long, very successful career and is a world-recognized expert in multiple topical areas of vision science. Much of his work over the last several decades contributed to uncovering “the hidden retina” allowing clinicians and scientists to view the living human retina in a way previously not possible, opening the door for diagnoses and treatment. As is evident from his life’s work, Dr. Burn’s breadth of knowledge extends from engineering to electrophysiology and psychophysics.
He obtained his BS degree in fundamental sciences from Lehigh University, followed by a PhD in biophysics at The Ohio State University, and a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Burns then served as a faculty member in the Departments of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh (8 years) and Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard University (17 years). Since 2005, he has been a faculty member at the IU School of Optometry.
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