Fall 2025 Graduates in Vision Science

Welcome to Graduates in Vision Science

The Graduates in Vision Science (GIVS) consists of the Master's and Doctoral students at the School of Optometry and Vision Science. With more than 40 students from countries all over the world, GIVS students are committed to furthering our advancement of knowledge in Vision Science and related disciplines, and is one of the largest vision science graduate program in the world. 

Your GIVS Council for 2025-2026

The GIVS executive team stand together for a photo
L-R: Yangchen, Supriya, Cindy, Lauren, Sandra, Ivy, Sadaf

News

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Piyush Garg

Megala Ramasamy

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Asiya Jabeen

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Adrianna Warren

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Outstanding Teaching Award

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran, Basic Science Award

Heinz Otchere, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Mehdi Al Atrach

Xiaoxin Chen

Theodore Chow

Piyush Garg

Shilpa Gorla

Heather Hudecki

Yutong Jin

Allison Lynch

Sandra Mazur

Marisa McKinney

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Mana Monfared

Megala Ramasamy

Adrianna Warren

Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Juliette Teodoro

Allison Lynch

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Heinz Otchere

Yutong Jin

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Xiaoxin Chen

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Adrianna Warren

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Heather Hudecki

University of Waterloo Science Senate Graduate Scholarship

Mana Monfared

Outstanding Teaching Award

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran, Basic Science Award

Heinz Otchere, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Xiaoxin Chen

Piyush Garg

Shilpa Gorla

Heather Hudecki

Asiya Jabeen

Yutong Jin

Hoda Kheradfallah

Allison Lynch

Sandra Mazur

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Mana Monfared

Heinz Otchere

Megala Ramasamy

Mohammad Navid Shahsavari

Manish Shukla

Adrianna Warren

Anne Marie Yeboah

Angela Zhang

Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Amy Chow 

Vivian Chan

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Alan Yee

Susmita Bose

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Taylor Brin

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Heinz Otchere

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Melanie Mungalsingh

University of Waterloo Science Senate Graduate Scholarship

Kirsten Carter