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Poleon named 2021 Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award recipient

Shervanne Poleon will receive recognition of this award in July at the Focus on Eye Health National Summit, where she is also invited to present her work as a speaker.
Written by: Satina Richardson
Media contact: Hannah Echols


poleon.2Shervonne PoleonShervonne Poleon, a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry student, has received the 2021 Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award.  

The Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award is presented annually to an optometry student or resident, ophthalmology resident, or primary health care, nursing or other health professional student or resident in the United States who has the best essay, based on the 2021 Focus on Eye Health National Summit theme, “Our Changing Vision.”   

Poleon will receive recognition of this award in July at the Focus on Eye Health National Summit, where she is also invited to present her work as a speaker. Poleon, a student in the Vision Science Graduate Program, is from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia and attended Grambling State University for her undergraduate degree.

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