Dorothy Ma Receives Ezell Award
By Eric Craypo
Dorothy Ma, OD, FAAO, has been awarded the 2026 Stan Yamane Family Contact Lens Ezell Fellowship. Dorothy is mentored by Professor Meng C. Lin. As a third year PhD candidate, her research is focused on investigating factors that influence tear aqueous production and the impact of hormonal birth control on the Meibomian glands and ocular surface. Her long-term goal is to become an independent clinician-scientist that can integrate clinical, laboratory, and computational methods to advance translational research of the ocular surface and elucidate risk factors for ocular surface diseases. She is grateful to the American Academy of Optometry for their recognition and support for emerging clinician-scientists in vision science.