SUNY Optometry Awarded Grant From SUNY Empire Innovation Program to Expand Research in Oculomics

NEW YORK—SUNY College of Optometry announced that it has been awarded $434,522 through the SUNY Empire Innovation Program to support the expansion of research in oculomics, an emerging field that uses the eye as a window into broader human health. Stewart Bloomfield, vice president at SUNY College of Optometry, will lead the initiative, according to the announcement. This award facilitates the hiring of a new faculty researcher as a SUNY professor of Empire Innovation, a move intended to bolster SUNY Optometry’s expanding research capabilities and further investigations within the emerging field of oculomics, the school said.