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Uniforyoureyes: optometric examination and free eyeglasses throughout Milan

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The project, promoted by COMiB of the University of Milano-Bicocca, in collaboration with institutions, associations, and companies, is aimed at economically disadvantaged people and extends beyond the boundaries of Municipality 9 to reach residents of all city neighborhoods. To date, 556 people have benefited from the service.

The beneficiaries will be identified among the adults and children involved in the activities of “QuBì. The Recipe Against Child Poverty,” a program promoted by the Fondazione Cariplo to support families with children facing poverty through a network of Third Sector organizations. The initiative also involves the technical-professional high school “G. Galilei – R. Luxemburg”, the Lions Club Milano Bramante Cinque Giornate, Centro Style, Hoya Lens Italia, Viatris Italia, and Vanni Occhiali.

The initiative’ goal is to provide a permanent and continuous optometric service to citizens in financially vulnerable situations.

Riccardo Rolandi, Giulia RIzzo and Alessandro Duse at the COMiB entrance — From the left: Riccardo Rolandi, Giulia Rizzo and Alessandro Duse

109th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society – Optometry symposium

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Congress, Contact lenses, Optical systems, Optometry, Research, Tear analysis 4 October 20239 October 2023applied physics, COMiB, Optics and optometry, SIF, unimib

Poster of the Italian Physical Society congress 2023 COMiB participated in the Optometry Symposium of the 109th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society in Fusciano – Salerno (11-15 September) with the following oral communications:

Silvia Tavazzi (invited speaker)
Surface wetting and friction of Kalifilcon A, a novel silicone-hydrogel contact lens.

Fabrizio Zeri
Non Invasive break up time: automatic computerized versus manual assessment.

Erika Ponzini
Comparison of tear film stability assessment procedures by non-invasive and fluorescein tear breakup time measurement.

ALS: eye communication preserved with cataract surgery

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Public Engagement, Research 17 July 202312 July 2023ALS, COMiB, NemoClinicalCenter, optometry, unimib

Visual care should be an integral part of multidisciplinary care for complex diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)- AISLA stresses. Eye pointing is the last movement that allows people with ALS, in the most advanced stages of the disease, to communicate. Since 2016, the optometric service coordinated by Dr. Federica Cozza has been active at the Nemo Clinical Center in Milan. Taking care of visual function occurs from diagnosis throughout the disease course. This has made it possible to successfully perform cataract surgery on a person who has been living with the disease since 2009, thanks to the collaboration of three teams (Nemo Clinical Centers, Nemo Lab and Fondazione Sacra Famiglia in Cesano Boscone).

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IACLE EAMA national meeting chaired by regional director Fabrizio Zeri

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Communication, Contact lenses, Education 13 July 202312 July 2023COMiB, contact lens, IACLE, meeting, unimib

Fabrizio Zeri chaired the IACLE EAMA meeting 2023 in Barcelona On June 27th, at Alcon Experience Academy in Barcelona, a one-hour IACLE EAMA national meeting was arranged for Italian contact lens practitioners and educators in conjunction with a 2-day educational event arranged by Alcon. The IACLE meeting, titled “New challenges in CL teaching: round table”, was chaired by EAME regional director Dr. Fabrizio Zeri.

The panel comprised Prof Josè Manuel Gonzales-Meijome from University of Minho, Prof David Pinero from the University of Alicante, and Dr. Alberto Recchioni from the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham. Participants discussed how CL teaching can be changed by the new challenges of artificial intelligence and, also the need to add new knowledge of modern instrumentations and CL materials to the programs. Fifty Italian delegates attended the event in presence, moreover 40 participants from Spain and Portugal joined the event remotely too.

The VisionOttica Award 2023 awardees

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Award 10 July 202310 July 2023COMiB, Optics and optometry, unimib

The three peolple awarded the VisionOttica Award 2023 Giulia Garassino and Gianluca Verrenti (from the left), recent graduated at the University of Milano-Bicocca, received the first and second prizes at the Vision Ottica Award 2023

Moreover, the bachelor’s degree in Optics and Optometry was awarded for “recognition for progress in research and development in Optics and Optometry”.

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COMiB at BCLA 2023

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Congress, Contact lenses, Optometry, Research 6 July 202323 June 2023BCLA, COMiB, congress, contact lens, myopia, Optics and optometry, unimib

Fabrizio Zeri and Giulia Rizzo presenting their poster 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

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Fabrizio Zeri, Shehzad Naroo, Craig Woods 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 4^th World Conference of International Association of Contact Lens Educators held in Birmingham on 5th-8th June.

COMiB at the CSO Annual Conference

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Fabrizio Zeri presented his research project during the CSO annual conference. On 1st June, Fabrizio Zeri presented three papers as invited speaker at the CSO Annual Conference held at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence (It). The papers were titled: “Open field aberrometry: a wide look into the future”, “Enhancing the tear film assessment: the Dry Eye Report”, and “Is automatic NIBUT reliable?”.

COMiB at CUS Bicocca for visual screenings

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Public Engagement, Visual screening 30 May 202312 June 2023COMiB, Optics and optometry, public engagement, unimib, visual screening

Some students and post-graduates in Optics and Optometry at CUS Bicocca for visual screenings

On May 26th, during the end-of-year party of the tennis and athletics schools at the Bicocca Stadium, Giulia Carlotta Rizzo, Alessandro Duse and some third years students in Optics and Optometry degree provided quick visual screening to the young athletes, informing them and their parents about a few projects that will be started in the next few months in the MUSA project.

The XXX Francesco Ferrante National Optometry Award to Prof. Borghesi

silvia.trabattoni@unimib.it Award 25 May 202312 June 2023award, COMiB, optometry, unimib

Alessandro Borghesi, professor emeritus of Milano-Bicocca and director of COMiB, was awarded the Francesco Ferrante National Optometry Award, established at the initiative of the family and a group of colleagues of the optometrist who died in 1986.

Professor Borghesi, who was the first in Italy to promote the activation of a graduate course in Optics and Optometry (established since 2001 at the University of Milano-Bicocca), has been coordinating the activities of COMiB since 2015.