Elizabeth Hoppe, OD, MPH, DrPH
Founding Dean
College of Optometry
Phone: 909-706-3497 | Fax: 909-706-3905
Website: www.westernu.edu
Join year: 2007
Dr.PH., 1999, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
M.P.H., 1991, Yale University, School of Medicine
O.D., 1988, Ferris State University, College of Optometry
B.S., 1988, Ferris State University
New England Eye Institute, 2003 - 2007
affiliated with the New England College of Optometry
Community Screening Program
Southern California College of Optometry, 1990 - 2003
Family Practice Service
Low Vision Service
Foothill Center for the Partially Sighted
Community Health Care Plan, 1989 1990
New Haven, CT
Staff Model HMO
Part time staff optometrist
Western University of Health Science
Founding Dean
College of Optometry
Professor of Optometry, 2007-present
New England College of Optometry, 2003 – 2007
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor
Southern California College of Optometry
Assistant Professor 1990 - 1996
Associate Professor 1996 – 2002
Tenure Awarded 1999
Professor 2002 - 2003
University of Houston College of Optometry
Adjunct Clinical Faculty 1988 - 1989
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Supervision of senior interns 1988 - 1989
New England College of Optometry
Supervision of senior interns 1988 - 1989
OPTM 6241 Evidence Based Eye Care, Instructor of Record, 2011 - present
This course emphasizes the application of published literature to clinical decision making. Students learn how to select and critique appropriate and relevant information within the context of patient care scenarios. Strategies for informed clinical decision making and for life-long learning are demonstrated.
1996 Breathsaver’s Award
for community screening program
Foothill Center for the Partially Sighted
1996 Citrus Valley Health Partner’s Award
for providing services to low income patients
Foothill Center for the Partially Sighted
1997 National Eye Institute
Refractive Error Correction Questionnaire
Technical Advisory Committee member
1998 Minnie Turner Award
faculty advisor for student research
1998 National Eye Institute
Refractive Error Correction Questionnaire Phase II
Principal Investigator / Author of grant application submission
(not funded)
1998 Younger Optics
Lens design evaluation
Principal Investigator
1999 U.S. Department of Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Educating Health Care Students and Professionals in Remote Clinical Sites
Project Director / Author of grant application submission
(not funded)
1999 American Public Health Association
Challenge Grant Year 2000
Eyeing Abuse: Optometry’s Role in Domestic Violence Intervention
Project Director / Author of grant application submission
1999 Ciba / ASCO
Total Quality Education Grant
Eyeing Abuse: Preparing Optometry Students for Domestic Violence Intervention
Project Co-Director / Co-Author of grant application submission
2001 U.S. Department of Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Basic and Clinical Integration Curriculum
Site Coordinator / Co-Investigator
2001 Beta Sigma Kappa Student Research Grants
Administrator of SCCO BSK Grant Programs
2001 Minnie Turner Award
faculty advisor for student research
2003 Marco Grant
Outcomes of Residency Education
Principal investigator / Author of grant application submission
2003 – 2005 Alcon Educational Grant
Support for Annual Preceptor’s Conference on Clinical Education
Conference Organizer and Host
2004 ASCO Grant
Cultural Awareness Symposia
Co-Investigator / Data coordinator
2005 ASCO Grant
Cultural Competency Workshop
Co-Investigator / Data coordinator
2006 VSP Grant
Private Practice Leadership Initiative
Co-applicant
- 2012, 5-year Service Award Western University of Health Sciences
- 2007, Dr. Lester Janoff Award for Writing Excellence in Optometric Education presented by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, Peer-reveiwed award for best article in the journal Optometric Education
- 2006, “50 Most Influential Women in Optical”, Vision Monday
- 2000, 10-year Service Award Southern California College of Optometry
- 1997, Certificate of Outstanding Service Foothill Presbyterian Hospital
- 1995, Certificate of Appreciation American Optometric Association - 10 Year Member
- 1995, Certificate of Appreciation Foothill Presbyterian Hospital
- 1995, 5-year Service Award Southern California College of Optometry
- 1994, Certificate of Service Tripler Army Medical Center
- 1998, William Feinbloom Award for Excellence in Low Vision
- 1987, Certificate of Recognition Board of Control Ferris State University
- 1982 – 1984, Presidential Scholarship Jackson Community College
- American Optometric Association
- California Optometric Association
- Inland Empire Optometric Society
- Orange County Optometric Society
- Massachusetts Society of Optometrists
- American Academy of Optometry
- American Public Health Association
- Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
- Hoppe E Evaluating the laws defining legal blindness, Journal of the American Optometric Association 1992; 62:390-4
- Hoppe E, Perlin R The effectivity of fresnel prisms for visual field enhancement, Journal of the American Optometric Association 1993; 63:46-53
- Hoppe E A year in the life: Southern California College of Optometry student experience in the Indian Health Service, Journal of the American Optometric Association 1996; 67:257-62
- Hoppe E Quantifying the risk of blood exposure in optometric clinical education, Journal of Optometric Education, 1997; 22(2):60-66
- Hoppe E The use of epidemiology in clinical decision making, chapter in Clinical Decision Making by Rouse and Ettinger, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1997
- Hoppe E Survey research, chapter in Opthalmic Research and Epidemiology by S.W. Hatch, Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998
- Hoppe E A model curriculum for teaching optometry students about smoking cessation education, Optometric Education, 1998; 24(1):21-26
- Heath DA, Hoppe E, Berman MS, Loshin D, Madden T A model for entry-level determination (MELD), Optometric Education, 1999; 24(2):56-60
- Hoppe E. Optometry’s expanding scope. Dissertation research, UMI publications. 1999
- Eldred KB, and E Hoppe. Ethics in low vision rehabiltiation. Chapter in An optometrists’ guide to clinical ethics. RN Bailey and E Heitman, eds. St. Louis, American Optometric Association 2000; 133 – 146
- Hoppe E, Pensyl CD. Domestic violence: what eye care practitioners need to know. Diane A. Reich Productions, 2000 (video)
- Hoppe E, Pensyl CD. Eyeing abuse: preparing optometry students for their role in domestic violence intervention, Optometric Education, 2002 27(3):87-91
- Hoppe E, Nishimoto J. Outcomes of residency education: post-residency practice settings, Optometric Education, 2003; 28(3):104-7
- Hoppe E, Carnevali T, Dobies P. Characteristics of urban Hispanic diabetic patients presenting for eye care services, Optometry, 2003; 74:291-8
- Hoppe E. An invitation to Contribute, Optometric Education, 2005; 31(1):5
- Farra T, Hoppe E, Hutchison L, Scott C. Technology familiarity and use among entering optometry students, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(2):55-58
- Hoppe E. Educational technology – a new era in the scholarship of teaching, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(2):36
- Denial A, Hoppe E, Carlson N. Assessing cultural competency in optometric faculty, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(3):92-95
- The ISEE Research Group: Barker FM, Carlson NB, Denial A, Hoppe E, Jenkins LB, Lambreghts KA, Schultz B, Yaniglos S. Intercultural sensitivity: educating educators (ISEE) – training optometric faculty to educate students, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(3): 88-91
- Hoppe E, Frankel R. Optometrists as key providers in the prevention and early detection of malignancies. Optometry. 2006 Aug;77(8):397-404
- Hoppe E. Cultural awareness in optometric teaching and patient care, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(3):69
- Lambreghts KA, Schultz B, Barker FM, Carlson N, Denial A, Hoppe E, et al. Chief academic officer survey on teaching cultural competency in optometric education, Optometric Education, 2006; 31(3):84-87
- Hoppe E, Measuring teaching and learning outcomes, Optometric Education, 2006; 32(1):6
- Hoppe E, Developing and implementing an educational research agenda, Optometric Education, 2006; 32(2):36
- Hoppe E. The Great Optometric Smokeout, Review of Optometry, 2007 Sept; (09):144-146
- McGinley B, Carlson NB, Hoppe E, Instilling ethics in today’s optometry students, Optometric Education 2007; 32(2)
- Hoppe E, Defining and measuring success, Optometric Education, 2007; 32(3):68
- Register SJ, Hoppe E. Correlation between quantity of clinical experiences and NBEO clinical skills performance,Optometric Education, 2007; 32(3): 75-78
- McGinley B, Carlson N, Hoppe E. What were they thinking? Surveying study practices of entering students,Optometric Education, 2008; 33(2): 59 – 63
- Hoppe E. Focusing on Students, Optometric Education, 2008; 33(2):40
- Hoppe E. Thinking About Thinking, Optometric Education, 2008;33(3):81
- Hoppe E. Contemporary and Changing: Optometric Education in Context, Optometric Education, 2008; 34(1):7
- Hoppe E. Innovations in Teaching-Added Value to Education, Optometric Education, 2009; 34(2):45
- Hoppe E. Evidence –Based Education, Optometric Education, 2009; 34(3):91
- Hoppe E. The Times They Are a Changin’, Optometric Education, 2009; 35(1):8
- Jones-Jordan L, and E Hoppe, Putting research into clinical practice. Chapter in Optometric Care within the Public Health Community. S Block, J Whitener, WH McAlister, S Hatch, eds. Cadyville, NY, Old Post Publishing 2009; 1-53
- Hoppe E. My best day in optometric education: ask the next question. Optometric Education. 2010; 35(3):90
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Denial A, Hoppe E. A review of faculty perceptions, barriers and resources related to scholarly productivity. Optometric Education. 2012; 38(1): 21-31.