Marshall B Ketchum University

See schedule oclinical education vision/patient care: affiliated with the education program, the university operates full-service vision clinics on its orange county campus and in downtown los angeles, plus 5 limited-hour community clinics in orange county and los angeles, many located in low-income areas. The clinics together served 29,144 unique encounters. Comprehensive vision services include primary eye care and specialized patient services: basic vision examination; pediatric vision screening, vision care and vision therapy; ocular disease diagnosis and treatment and ophthalmology consultation; contact lenses and prosthetics fitting; low vision rehabilitation and eyewear and optical dispensing. The vision clinics provided $548,811 in public support through discounts and fee waivers.

See schedule oresearch: the university supports research within the three university programs, the colleges of optometry and pharmacy and the school of physician assistant studies. The university provides administrative, physical and financial resources to faculty and students who engage in research.the southern california college of optometry at mbku has 38 full-time faculty. A total of 33 faculty studies were active during the year, that included externally-funded studies (e.g., grants from nih, professional organizations, foundations and industry), and self-funded studies. The ms in vision science program had 8 projects active during the year and there were 1 active student research electives. Total external grant revenue for the period was $237,484 and there were 19 peer-reviewed publications.the college of pharmacy is composed of two departments, pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice.the department of pharmacy practice has 12 full-time faculty members, with 11 as pharmacy clinical faculty and 1 non-clinical faculty member. During the year pharmacy practice faculty produced 10 peer-reviewed publications or presentations. The department of pharmacy practice did not have externally funded reseach projects or grants during this reporting period.the department of pharmaceutical sciences (dps) has 6 full-time faculty members whose research included external grants such as one from the us department of agriculture. Total direct grant revenue for the period was $500 and there were a total of 15 peer-reviewed publications.the school of physician assistant studies (spas) at mbku had 9 full-time and 2 part-time faculty. Scholarly research activities are integral to the masters capstone project (mcp) which had a total of 8 completed. The spas program had a class of 43 enrolled students for 2024 and a class of 44 enrolled students for 2025. There was no direct grant revenue for the period and there were 6 total peer-reviewed publications or presentations.