Author name: Adrienne Chan

Adrienne graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BSc. in the Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy Co-op program. She is currently a third year student and a blogger for the Illinois College of Optometry. Adrienne has been involved with OptometryStudents.com since her pre-optometry school days and she eventually hopes to complete a residency in Brain Injury and Vision Rehabilitation. In the meantime, Adrienne aims to provide interesting and informative content as the Director of Creative Content and the author of "The Unconventional Optometrist" series. Find Adrienne on Google+.

The Unconventional Optometrist: Optometry in NASA Space Medicine

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I am a big proponent of space exploration and I’ve always been interested in astronomy and everything you see in sci-fi movies.  If I could, I would be an astronaut myself, but the closest I ever got was getting a telescope at age 9 and joining my alma mater’s Space Society.  So, it was no

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The Unconventional Optometrist: Forensic Optometry

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I know what you’re thinking.  “Forensic Optometry? What???” That was my reaction too when I first heard about this field during my undergraduate years at the University of Waterloo (UW) followed by an overwhelming sense of excitement.  You see, I was and still am a little infatuated with forensic sciences.  Television shows like CSI, Dexter,

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