N.Z.C.O. Annual Conference 2000
***Refractive Error - 2000 and Beyond***
*Latest Developments*
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The NZCO Scholarship
2000 Recipient Dr. Helen Owens
Reports & expands
upon the Myopia 2000 Congress, Boston, USA
Venue:
Speakers/Topic:
"New Technology
for Measuring Optical Defects - (Wavefront Sensing)"
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"The Prospects
for Perfect Vision"
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Dr. Helen Owens
(Dept of Optometry
& Vision Science, University of Auckland, NZ)
(Recipient of the
NZCO Scholarship 2000)
"Understanding Human
Myopia"
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"Prospects of Drug
& Optical Treatment of Myopia in Humans"
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Dr. John Phillips
(Dept of Optometry
& Vision Science, University of Auckland, NZ)
"Refractive Errors:
Clues from Animal Models"
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"Pharmacological
Prevention of Myopia in Animals"
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Dr. George Meers
(Dept of Ophthalmology,
University of Colorado, USA)
"Myopia as a Risk
Factor for Ocular Disease"