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Public Health Update
COVID-19 is not gone, but we have learned considerably more about how to manage it. Vaccines and new boosters are protecting most people from serious illness, and the extreme strain on our healthcare systems has abated. At Pacific, we are moving from an emergency response to our more typical long-term strategy of communicable disease management.
Rachel Martel ’17, MEd’19, OD ’20 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Shaina (Hewitt) Sullivan OD ’19 was appointed board director for the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association at its annual meeting in July along with fellow alumnus Bill Hefner OD ’96, MEd ’97.
Mari Fujimoto OD ’19, who is a professor at Pacific, earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Larry Buchholz OD ’18 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Morgan Grove OD ’16 earned a leadership certificate at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association's annual meeting in July.
Yelena (Pavlovich) Galuza OD ’15 earned the President’s Award at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association’s annual meeting in July.
David Glabe MS '12, OD '12 earned the Advocacy Award at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association’s annual meeting in July.
Derri (Morgan) Sandberg OD ’07 was named board president-elect for the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association at its annual meeting in July.
Ami (Heaton) Halvorson OD ’07 earned the Optometrist of the Year Award at the Oregon Optometric Physicians Association’s annual meeting in July.

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