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FORCE: Going from strength to strength

Now in its seventh year, CooperVision’s FORCE Student of the Year competition continues to inspire the next generation. Claire Mallon reports on the 2019 final, held at the company’s Centre of Innovation in Budapest

‘A truly unforgettable experience’ is how Pablo Arlanzón Lopez and Laura Valencia Nieto summed up what being FORCE Students of the Year 2018 has meant for them.

They are both now studying for Master’s degrees in research and vision science at the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. Speaking of their experiences, Valencia Nieto said: ‘The FORCE final encouraged us to continue with our studies and after completing our Master’s we hope to continue our research next year with a PhD.’

As part of their award, they presented their research at the 2019 BCLA Clinical Conference in Manchester. Arlanzón Lopez described this as a unique opportunity, ‘although we are quite young and only starting out in our research careers, we have already had our work presented at such a prestigious event.’

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