Glasgow graduate picks up clinical award

Glasgow Caledonian University’s highest graded optometry graduate, Nadine Joyce, was recently awarded this year’s OD Black Award.

The award, dedicated to the memory of the late Oscar D Black, whose family optometry practice C Jeffrey Black, merged with Lizars to form Black & Lizars in 1999, sees £500 donated to the top optometry graduate.

From Stevenston, North Ayrshire, the 2016 winner is set to begin her pre-registration optometrist placement close to home with the Ayr practice of Black & Lizars. The achievement will have particular resonance for Joyce, who chose to enter optics after being diagnosed with optic disc drusen as a child.