Join Us.
What makes us unique:
We are the only pre-health student organization at USC dedicated to eye healthcare.
Who we work with:
We offer working relationship with USC Roski Eye Institute and Doheny Eye Institute.
USC students can be exposed to:
1) Hands-on clinical experience to USC students 2) Opportunities to connect with local community 3) Networking & shadowing opportunities
Community can be provided with:
1) Free eye exams 2) Awareness of preventable vision loss from eye diseases
support Us.
We need your support.
Vision for Vision depends on your support so we can help communities in Los Angeles protect their vision from preventable eye diseases. Our student-run non-profit group has accomplished much in the past few years, and have big ambitions to further our reach.
Throughout the year, our team gathers trained volunteers to administer visual acuity tests to patients at local health clinics. We’ve had the privilege of screening various populations within our community at the following clinics:
- Golden Futures Senior Expo → 75 patients screened annually
- Community Health Involvement Project Health Fair → 50 patients screened annually
- Community Health Connection Health Fair → 70 patients screened annually
- Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association Health Fair → 50 patients screened annually
Spreading the Knowledge
Vision for Vision also strives to educate the community about the health of their eyesight. We’ve created presentations about topics from glaucoma and cataracts, to the maintenance of healthy eyes and presented them to senior centers in Los Angeles, including:
- Watts Senior Center
- Fairmount Terrace
- Hollyview Senior Apartments
- Highland Park Senior Center
- Video Presentations
- Each reaching multiple senior centers in the area
Once a year, our team organizes and hosts health panels for students to learn from and network with individuals in the health field, including medical students and doctors. These sessions provide opportunities to ask questions and make connections.
- Fall 2017
- Spring 2018
- Fall 2016
Leadership in Health Awareness Seminar:
- February 2019
Other involvement:
- SCOUT Science Fair
- Teaching elementary age children about show our eyes work
- February 2019 → ~ 15 participants
- ACAdemy
- Led a breakout session during this first ever student-organized conference
- February 2019 → ~15 participants