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Dr. Roya N. Borazjani and Dr. Irene Quenville
Win National Recognition
FOR RELEASE Thursday, July 21, 2005
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Two Bausch & Lomb research scientists have received awards in a national competition that recognizes talented minorities in a broad range of scientific fields. The Emerald Honors awards competition is sponsored by Science Spectrum magazine.
Roya N. Borazjani, Ph.D., Bausch & Lomb research fellow, has won an Emerald Honors award in the category of Senior Investigator. She is one of four U.S. scientists to be so honored in 2005.
At Bausch & Lomb, Dr. Borazjani and her team have been responsible for creating innovative new technology and formulations for contact lens care products. She directs Bausch & Lomb's global microbiological research activities and is a co-inventor of several multimillion-dollar eye-care products including the Bausch & Lomb's newest lens-care innovation, ReNu® with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Contact Lens Care Solution.
Dr. Borazjani is the author of eight issued or pending patents, 48 records of invention and numerous scientific publications and presentations.
Dr. Borazjani joined Bausch & Lomb in 1999 from Georgia State University in Atlanta where she was a research associate. She received both a Ph.D. and a Master of Science degree in Applied Microbiology-Molecular Genetics from Georgia State, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She is pursuing an MBA degree from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.
Irene Quenville, Ph.D., director of vision care R&D programs at Bausch & Lomb, received Emerald Honors special recognition in the category of Career Achievement, recognizing her contributions to new product development in contact lens care, including the development and commercialization of Bausch & Lomb's newest lens-care innovation, ReNu® with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Contact Lens Care Solution.
Dr. Quenville first joined Bausch & Lomb in 1986, the same year she received a Ph.D. in Analytical Medicinal Chemistry from Purdue University School of Pharmacy in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry.
"It is our hope that young women will be inspired by the leadership and achievements of Drs. Borazjani and Quenville and consider careers in the sciences, where women are under represented," said Praveen Tyle, Ph.D., Bausch & Lomb senior vice president and Chief Scientific Officer. "We are proud to have these outstanding scientists on our team and pleased that they have found, at Bausch & Lomb, a supportive environment that values their contributions and nurtures their careers."
Drs. Borazjani and Quenville will be honored for their achievements Sept. 16 during the Minorities in Research Science conference in Baltimore.
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