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Essilor appoints CEO to chairmanship as well
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Directors of Essilor International, at their meeting on 24 November, appointed Mr Hubert Sagnières as chairman and chief executive officer of the company, effective 2 January 2012.
Mr Xavier Fontanet, former CEO and Read More
Outdoors reduces children’s myopia risk: University of Cambridge study
Research findings at Cambridge University in England have supported the theory that children who spend more time outdoors have a reduced risk of developing myopia. The study, using a range of evidence, concluded that for each additional hour spent outdoors per week, the chance of myopia dropped by approximately 2 per cent. ..
Centre for Eye Health partners win 5-year, $1.1m NHMRC research grant
The University of New South Wales and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT are two partners in a successful National Health and Medical Research Council partnership project. The award of $1.1 million will fund research over five years at the Centre for Eye Health on the UNSW Kensington, Sydney, campus. ..
Death of Max Lang – last of the Ultimo ‘old guard’
The last of the ‘old guard’ of optometry’s Ultimo, Sydney, academic staff has fallen with the passing of Dr Max Lang on 4 November. His passing brings to a close a long and historic chapter that oversaw optometric education move from the part-time, after-hours model hosted by the Sydney Technical College in Mary Ann St., Ultimo , to a full-time university course hosted by the University of New South Wales at Kensington that results in a Bachelor of Optometry degree...
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