Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and the Rising Visionary Award
CHICAGO, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety organization, has announced the recipient of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as Mission for Vision (MFV). Erica Shelton, OD, MS, FAAO, Clinical Instructor and PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University College of Optometry, has been named as the recipient of the fifth annual "Rising Visionary Award." Both award recipients will present at the 13th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit, to be held as a virtual interactive event on July 10-11, 2024.
- "Prevent Blindness congratulates Mission for Vision and Dr. Erica Shelton as recipients of two of our most prestigious awards," said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.
- These award recipients were chosen by a volunteer selection committee, consisting of leading professionals in ophthalmology, optometry, advocacy, public health, and scientific communities.
- The award serves as a living memorial to Jenny Pomeroy, who served as the CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia from 1996 until 2013 and was a tireless champion of public health and vision advocacy.
- For more information on the Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and the Rising Visionary Award, please visit PreventBlindness.org .