Foundation Mission, Goals and Programs
Mission:
The ECLA Education and Research Foundation supports education and the advancement of research and technologies related to contact lenses, anterior segment vision care services, and public eye health care.
Goals:
Fund educational programs in contact lenses and anterior segment vision care science
Fund basic and clinical research and development relevant to contact lenses, enhanced visual acuity and anterior segment vision care science
Support scholars and mentoring relationships
Provide training opportunities for residents, fellows and young investigators
Support dissemination of new contact lens and other means of vision correction worldwide
Programs in Education:
The Oliver H. Dabezies, Jr., MD, Lectureship on Contact Lenses
The Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Lectureship on Refractive Surgery
The Harold A. Stein, MD, Lectureship on Vision Science
The Whitney G. Sampson, MD, travel grant awards for young ophthalmologists
Scientific Research Awards
ECLA ERF Scientific Symposium