Karla Zadnik 
Dean I College of Optometry | The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, UNITED STATES
Dean Karla Zadnik is also executive Dean of Health Sciences and Chair of the Biomedical Sciences Institutional Review Board.
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Biography
Karla Zadnik is the Glenn A. Fry Professor of Optometry and Physiological Optics and Dean at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She received her OD and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry.
She has chaired the Biomedical Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Ohio State for the last ten years. Professor Zadnik is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and served as the Academy’s President in 2011-12. She received the American Optometric Foundation’s Glenn A. Fry Award in 1995. She served on the National Advisory Eye Council of the National Eye Institute (NEI)/National Institutes of Health from 2000 to 2004.
Dr. Zadnik was the Study Chairman for the NEI-funded Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error (CLEERE) Study and chaired the first-ever NEI-funded multicenter study based in optometry, the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study from 1994 through 2007. She received a Distinguished Scholar Award from Ohio State in 2010.
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Optometry
Contact lenses
Vision Research
Education (2)
University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry: Ph.D., Optometry
University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry: OD, Optometry
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Media Appearances (3)
New dean of CFAES would be first woman to fill position
The Lantern online
2017-03-22
“She has a really remarkable history of leadership experience,” said College of Optometry Dean Karla Zadnik, who led the search. “We were just wowed by her leadership — both ability as well as her leadership experience in a variety of organizations.”
One test can predict which kids will become nearsighted
Ohio State University online
2015-04-02
“Near work has been thought to be a cause of myopia, or at least a risk factor, for more than 100 years. Some of the studies that led to that conclusion are hard to refute,” said Karla Zadnik, professor and dean of the College of Optometry at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study. “In this large dataset from an ethnically representative sample of children, we found no association.”
Ohio State College of Optometry to have its first ever female dean
The Lantern online
2013-10-10
Dean Dr. Melvin Shipp is set to step down from his position and be replaced, subject to approval by the OSU Board of Trustees, by associate dean Dr. Karla Zadnik, who has been involved with the optometry program for about 17 years. Shipp has confidence his replacement will have no trouble fitting in the leadership role.
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One Test Can Predict Which Kids Will Become Nearsighted
The Ohio State University2015-04-02
“Near work has been thought to be a cause of myopia, or at least a risk factor, for more than 100 years. Some of the studies that led to that conclusion are hard to refute,” said Karla Zadnik, professor and dean of the College of Optometry at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study. “In this large dataset from an ethnically representative sample of children, we found no association.”
Ethnicity Plays Role In Vision Problems, Research Suggests
The Ohio State University2013-08-12
"We don't really know why these differences exist," said Karla Zadnik, the lead author of the multi-center study and an associate professor of optometry at Ohio State University. "It's probably like most of our modern conditions and diseases a mix a nature and nurture and factors that interact together.
Nearsighted Children May Benefit From Rigid Contact Lenses
The Ohio State University2004-12-09
Walline conducted the CLAMP study with Ohio State optometry colleagues Lisa Jones, Donald Mutti and Karla Zadnik, the Glenn A. Fry professor of optometry.
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