Event report: CooperVision Force Student of the Year

Publishing a study in a peer-reviewed journal while still a student might seem an ambitious goal. But for last year’s CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year, this was just one of several milestones after winning the coveted award.

Fiona Buckmaster of Glasgow Caledonian University took the top title in the 2015 competition. Since then she has attended two major international contact lens conferences and this month will have her FORCE study published in the journal, Cornea. Not only that, Fiona also spent time last summer in Africa where she developed a self-assessment vision test for use in schools. Back home, she is still to graduate.