Keynote Speaker: Nicole Ross, OD, MSc, FAAO, Dip. AAO (LV)
Dr. Nicole C. Ross is an Associate Professor of Optometry at the New England College of Optometry (NECO). She holds an OD and an MSc in Vision Science from NECO and has completed her residency in Vision Rehabilitation at Ohio State University, College of Optometry, and a fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Ross sees patients at the NECO Center for Eye Care, the Perkins School for the Blind, and the Carroll Center for the Blind. Her academic roles include teaching Low Vision Rehabilitation and Advanced Ocular Disease classes. She is also a PhD candidate at Northeastern University, focusing on Psychology. Dr. Ross’s research interests are broad, encompassing ocular structure-function relationships, epidemiology of vision impairment, and the application of evidence-based clinical practice and translational research in vision testing and enhancement technologies. |
