ASSOCIATIONS

■ The A Team – High Performance Vision Associates evaluated the visual-cognitive skills of women on the LPGA Golf Tour in July.

■ Daniel Chambers, M.B.A., C.O.E., was named president of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators.

■ International Association of Contact Lens Educators members have access to Salazar Image Collection, which includes almost 140 unusual anterior eye conditions. Visit iacle.org.

■ The Vision Council launched a campaign using search engine marketing to drive traffic to its website, WhatIsLowVision.org. The site seeks to educate low-vision patients and their caregivers. In other news, the Vision Council’s Eyecessorize fashion eyewear campaign released its fall/winter 2016 trend kit. Visit thevisioncouncil.org.

COMPANY/PRODUCT NEWS

■ Asahi Vision Inc. has launched its introductory products, the aLC-100 Lens Checker and the aLM-100 Basic Auto Lensmeter, to the market during the Vision Expo West meeting. Both will be available during the fourth quarter of 2016.

■ Keri West has joined Blanchard Contact Lenses as an expert consultant. In other news, the company will be hosting its Beyond the Limbus Scleral Lens Workshop tour on Nov. 6 in Newport Beach, Calif. For registration, visit blanchardlab.com.

■ LensCrafters has developed an interactive video game, “Pirate Academy,” to teach children various aspects of good vision health. Visit eyeonkidshealth.com.

■ Novaliq GmbH appointed Claus Cursiefen, M.D., Ph.D, F.E.B.O.; Norbert Pfeiffer, M.D. Ph.D.; Michael E. Stern, Ph.D., and Kazuo Tsubota, M.D., to its scientific advisory board.

■ The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued PRN Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals’ Dry Eye Omega Benefits product a method patent, which provides evidence the formulation improves outcomes for patients suffering from occasional dry eye symptoms, according to the company. This is the second patent awarded to PRN for the omega-3 nutritional product.

■ Texas State Optical is hosting its Inaugural Symposia Medical Conference, at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas, on Saturday, Oct. 22. For information, visit symposiaconference.com.

NONPROFIT

■ Envision Research Institute and Wichita State University’s Regional Institute on Aging have partnered to expand resources in low vision.

■ Foundation Fighting Blindness has launched the #HowEyeSeeIt campaign to spread awareness of and raise funds for retinal degenerative disease. Visit howeyeseeit.org.

■ Optometry Giving Sight, Vision Impact Institute and VSP Global have teamed for Kids See: Success, a program that educates on comprehensive exams before kindergarten. OM