Michelle Shang, Student Award in Clinical Ethics Winner

Michelle Shang, Student Award in Clinical Ethics Winner

ASCO and the Ethics Educators Special Interest Group are pleased to announce Michelle Shang as the winner of the 2025 Student Award in Clinical Ethics. This annual national award provides the winner with a cash award of $1,000 and an acrylic engraved plaque.

This annual national award, sponsored by Alcon, is available to optometry students during any point of their professional program at an ASCO-affiliated school or college of optometry in the U.S. and Canada. The application consists of an essay of up to 1,500 words describing any one of the following scenarios:

1. A patient-based case-study that the student encountered as part of their clinical learning experience.
2. A research-based case scenario that the student has encountered during their clinical or didactic learning experience.
3. A professional ethics-based scenario that the student has encountered during their clinical or didactic learning.

Michelle is a student at the New England College of Optometry and is expected to graduate with her Doctor of Optometry degree next year. Her winning essay, “Informed Consent in Declining Cognition: A Moral Dilemma from an Optometric Perspective” will also be featured in an upcoming journal of Optometric Education.