The poster “CL sustainability behaviours among soft CL wearers: an international survey” by Zeri F, Shinde L, Naroo S, Woods CA, Aakre BM, Arshad M, Bakkar M, Barodawala FS, Carrillo G, Chetty E, Dominguez-Vicent A, Liaw H, Lira M, Livi S, Martinet LA, Marx S, Nosch D, Jones D, Ruiz-Alcocer J, Santoro C, Steca P, Tavazzi S, was awarded at the BCLA 2025 poster competition.
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COMIB at the 15th Assottica Conference: advancing CL Education and Research
With more than 800 delegates gathered for its 15th edition titled “Change the View” the Assottica Conference has firmly established itself as one of the most attended global meetings on contact lenses. Dr. Fabrizio Zeri from COMIB presented a talk on ocular surface and tear film aging and the evolution of contact lens materials, co-presented with Prof. Stefano Barabino from the Ocular Surface Centre at Sacco Hospital, University of Milan.
Dr. Zeri also chaired a round table organized in collaboration with IACLE, which provided Italian contact lens students the opportunity to join a live-streamed discussion on contact lens education and clinical practice alongside three Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs): Prof. Lyndon Jones (Director of CORE at the University of Waterloo, Canada), Dr. Sarah Morgan (FAOO, FBCLA), and Dr. Alberto Recchioni (Researcher at University Hospitals Birmingham).
Additionally, Dr. Zeri and Dr. Byki Huntjens, both IACLE Directors, hosted an informal breakfast for Italian contact lens educators. This gathering offered an opportunity to discuss IACLE resources for students and future developments in contact lens education. The conversation began with recent changes in Italian education, including the launch of a new Postgraduate Degree in Optometry at the University of Milano-Bicocca, which has the potential to expand academic training in the field of contact lenses.
Giulia Rizzo at SIF 2024 Congress
Fabrizio Zeri at SIF 2024 Congress
110th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society – Optometry Symposium
The COMiB group and its collaborators will participate in the Optometry Symposium of the 110th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society in Bologna (9-13 September) with the following oral communications:
- Children with dyslexia too show the practice effect on the Rate of Reading Test. Presented by Dr. Fabrizio Zeri
- Assessment of duochrome test efficacy across age groups. Presented by Giulia Carlotta Rizzo
- Choroidal thickness measurements: challenges in clinical practice. Presented by Dr. Beatrice Terni De Gregory
- Water kinetics coefficients to compare the dehydration properties of different CL polymers. Presented by prof. Anna Galli
- Irregular diffusion of water in worn Etafilcon A contact lenses. Presented by prof. Silvia Tavazzi
- Assessing the impact of lysozyme adsorption on the friction coefficient in Etafilcon A contact lenses. Presented by Dr. Erika Ponzini
- Trattamenti oftalmologici avanzati: copolimeri per il rilascio di molecole attive sulla superficie oculare. Presented by Gloria Astolfi
COMIB at NCC 2024 in Eindovhen
COMIB researchers Dr. Aziza Obain and Dr. Fabrizio Zeri attended the NCC (Netherlands Contact lens Congress) in Eindhoven on 10th and 11th of March, 2024.
Dr Zeri presented the results of a prospective double-masked crossover RCT about a new multifocal contact lenses carried out in three European sites: COMIB, Milan-Italy; the Institute of Optometry, London-UK; and the Kontactlinse Istittutet, Aarhus-Denemark.
COMiB at AILAC 2023
Fabrizio Zeri and Giulia C. Rizzo participated in the AILAC 2023 conference held in Rome on November 19 and 20.
Zeri moderated the roundtable discussion titled “Nuove sfide nell’attività clinica e nella formazione in contattologia morbida” while Rizzo contributed with a presentation titled “L’utilizzo della topografia nell’applicazione di LaC morbide”.
COMiB at BCLA 2023
COMiB research group was at BCLA Clinical Conference and Exibition 2023 with a poster and two oral presentations.
Fabrizio Zeri presented a poster titled “New non-invasive tear breakup time (NIBUT) measurements vs fluorescein breakup time (fBUT): agreement and repeatability.”
Mauro Frisani during the Free Papers – Specialist lenses section presented a work titled “Estimation of scleral lens clearance: OCT measurement vs operator-based measurement by slit lamp” and Giulia Carlotta Rizzo during the Free Papers – Myopia 2 section presented a work titled “Visual performance with an Extended Depth of Focus contact lens for myopia control and the influence of decentration” .
Fabrizio Zeri at IACLE 2023
Fabrizio Zeri with Shehzad Naroo (on the left) from Aston University (UK) and Craig Woods (on the right) from the University of New South Wales (Australia) presented a talk titled “Evidence-based teaching of contact lenses” as invited speakers at the 4th World Conference of International Association of Contact Lens Educators held in Birmingham on 5th-8th June.
COMiB at the XXI International Society of Contact Lens Research Meeting
Fabrizio Zeri presented a paper titled “Adaptation of the cortical visual areas induced by wearing multifocal contact lenses in naïve observers” at the XXI International Society of Contact Lens Research Meeting, 21st-26th August, Porto (Portugal).
