Art Optical Contact Lens Inc., in partnership with Contamac, has announced the recipients of its Specialty Contact Lens Travel Grants for the upcoming American Academy of Optometry (AAO) meeting in Boston. The program recognizes students, cornea and contact lens residents, and new ODs who demonstrate innovative use of Art Optical lens designs to meet unique patient needs and provides financial support to further their professional growth.

Receiving travel grants are Brandon Merrill, OD, cornea & contact lens resident at the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry; Sarah Goy, a fourth-year student at the Chicago College of Optometry; and Madeline Padron and Kylie Erickson, fourth-year students at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences School of Optometry.