Jan. 14, 2021 — Prevent Blindness has announced its call for nominations for the 2021 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and the second annual Rising Visionary Award. 

Both awards will be presented at the 10th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit, to be held virtually on July 14-15. Both awardees must be available to present at the Summit.

The Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health recognizes an individual, team, or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health related to vision and eye health at the community, state, national, and/or international level. The award serves as a living memorial to Jenny Pomeroy, CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia from 1996 until 2013, who brought a passionate understanding of public health to her work and the Prevent Blindness mission.

The 2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health was presented to the Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) at West Virginia University. To view other previous recipients, click here.

The second annual Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award will be presented to an optometry student or resident, ophthalmology resident, primary health care, nursing, or other health professional student or resident in the U.S. who has the best essay based on a question related to the 2021 Focus on Eye Health National Summit theme, “Our Changing Vision.” Last year’s recipient was Araba Otoo, a third-year optometry student at The Ohio State University.

A subcommittee of the organization’s all-volunteer committee will review all nominations and select the award recipients.

Learn more:

• preventblindness.org/jenny-pomeroy-award-for-excellence-in-vision-and-public-health
• preventblindness.org/rising-visionary-award/