Latest News AAO Foundation Announces J&J Vision Award Winners By Staff Monday, June 4, 2018 12:18 AM ORLANDO, Fla.—The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) announced the 2018 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care recipients. This award recognizes outstanding fourth-year student clinicians who have demonstrated excellent overall knowledge of the contact lens field plus skillful, considerate and professional care of contact lens patients during their optometric education. Each winner receives a $500 educational award and a personalized plaque commemorating their accomplishment.The 2018 recipients and institutions attended are:Pei Chi Chain Illinois College of OptometrySara Siebert Indiana University, School of OptometryJordan Keeney Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of OptometryBrittany Strebig Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of OptometryMadeleine Hacker Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State UniversityJordyn Stevens Midwestern University Arizona, College of OptometryKarlee Muller New England College of OptometryJudson Chevalier Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of OptometryMelissa Zaleski Nova Southeastern University, College of OptometryKimberly Weisenberger The Ohio State University, College of Optometry Kellie Abe Pacific University, College of OptometrySamantha Myers Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus UniversityVivian Chung Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum UniversityVictoria Stewart Southern College of OptometryAyah Ahamed State University of New York, College of OptometryMolly Tipton University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of OptometryKristi Lew University of California Berkeley, School of OptometryJonathan Chen University of Houston, College of OptometryRamya Natarajan University of Missouri St. Louis, College of OptometryCamille Fodi University of Montreal, School of OptometryLavang Lee University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of OptometryBrij Patel University of Waterloo, School of Optometry and Vision ScienceNguyet-Nhi Phan Western University of Health Sciences, College of OptometryCommenting on its relationship with Johnson & Johnson Vision, the AAO Foundation said, “Their outstanding support to raise the bar of optometric education to a new level is a remarkable reminder of their ongoing commitment to industry high standards.”