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Children's Vision Lab at NECO

The Children's Vision Lab is located at the New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA. Currently we are recruiting for the PICNIC Study!

Our research focuses on developing effective treatments for the prevention of myopia. The PICNIC (Preventing myopia: an Investigation of Contributing Factors to Nearsightedness) study is recruiting children between the ages of 6-8 years old who don't currently have any myopia or a previously diagnosed eye condition. Participants will be reimbursed for time and travel. Free eye exams and compensation for glasses will also be provided, if needed, during the study period.

06/04/2024

The Bonnie Strickland award nominations are now open! See the linktree in our bio for more details on how to nominate an individual or group

03/25/2024

This Thursday Dr. Vera-Diaz will be speaking at the emerging eye health issues in young children webinar presented by the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health - to join us, register via the link in our bio!

03/20/2024

The Children’s Vision Lab is hiring a Clinical Research Project Coordinator. See the link in our bio to learn more about the position and apply now!

01/30/2024

This past weekend Dr. Vera-Diaz had the pleasure of joining NAEVR and ARVO advocacy day on Friday. She met with the offices of Senator Markey, , and to discuss the importance of continuing to provide inflation plus growth levels of funding for NIH and NEI to ensure NEI remains the world leader in sight-saving and vision-restoring research and support vision research in the area of myopia.

12/10/2023

This week NECO hosted the Vision Health Equity Summit to increase awareness of the importance of vision as a component of health equity, and health equity as a whole. Many experts in health equity, public health, and eye care as a whole gave key insights about the pressing issues in vision health and how vision loss creates societal inequities. Dr. Vera-Diaz highlighted the importance of vision health equity in the context of Myopia, with its increasing prevalence and high treatment costs. She discussed the need for research and access to treatments to keep up with the number of individuals affected by Myopia. Dr Vera-Diaz touched on this in her talk, stating that “There is clear evidence of a myopia epidemic, making it the most significant vision threat of the century. With high myopia already being the leading cause of visual impairments in working adults, we are seeing how myopia in children negatively affects them throughout their lives.” Due to the limited public awareness about myopia, people with avoidable vision loss are often not aware of the available treatments, and those who are are faced with medical bills and long wait times, as treatments are often not covered by insurance. At this event sponsored by coopervision, a new initiative was announced to make myopia management more accessible to under resourced children which we are very happy to see. This was a very special event, and we hope it will be the beginning of many improvements in health equity for children and our patients!

12/04/2023

Join us this Thursday Dec 7th at the NECO Vision Health Equity Summit where Dr. Vera-Diaz will be speaking on Myopia management in relation to health equity, along with other healthcare professionals who will touch on the pressing issues of vision and healthcare disparities

10/17/2023

Some updates from the Children’s Vision Lab at Academy 2023!

Photo 1: Dr. Vera-Diaz and the other members of the Scientific Program Committee are very proud of the successful research presentations at the Academy meeting in New Orleans.

Photo 2: Dr. Vera-Diaz is thrilled to support Dr. Alex Bowers in her receival of the most prestigious award at the Academy, the Glenn A. Fry Award, which recognizes a distinguished scientist for her research contributions.

Photo 3: Congratulations to Dr. Bui (MiSight study) who received his AAO Fellowship!

08/24/2023

Ask us about a clinical trial for an FDA approved daily disposable soft contact lens designed to slow the progression of myopia in children ages 8-12. Compensation up to $1000 for completing 12 visits over 4 years. Children in the study will receive eye exams and contact lenses at no cost while participating in the study. Tap the link in our bio to learn more today!

08/18/2023

This summer, Dr. Vera-Diaz spoke on behalf of the AAO at the first meeting of the Committee on Focus on Myopia in Washington DC. Our team at the NECO Children’s Vision Lab and Myopia Control Clinic are very excited about the work being done by the committee, and are proud to support this endeavor!

05/22/2023

This week (May 22-26) is Myopia awareness week! Join us in supporting BHVI in encouraging the incorporation of Myopia Management in ALL day to day routine eye exams to battle the growing Myopia epidemic

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