A distinguished delegation from the Department of Optometry at JMC recently took part in the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) Conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ms. Dinah Paritzky, Administrative Director of the Department and a senior lecturer, chaired several sessions and presented her master’s research on student perceptions of active learning.

Dr. Reut Ifrah, a faculty member, presented a poster on joint research with Ms. Judy Wilks, lecturer, and Dr. Liat Gantz, Head of the Master’s Program in Vision Science and Optometry. Dr. Ifrah also gave a lecture on predictive markers for dry eye, based on a collaborative study with Dr. Gantz, Dr. Ayelet Goldstein (Department of Computer Science), and Dr. Yevgeny Beiderman (HIT), funded by the HIT–JMC Research Fund.