Honored for ongoing service with Health Protection & Education Services at University City Library
Ying-Bo Shui, MD, PhD, Senior Scientist at WashU Medicine John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, accepted an award in September on behalf of colleagues and trainees from the WashU Eye Centers. The recognition, presented at the Health Protection & Education Services (HPES) gala, honored the team’s commitment to community service.
Shui and fellow ophthalmology faculty members George Harocopos, MD; Xiaotang Yin, MD, PhD; and Andrew Huang, MD, regularly volunteer at HPES clinics held monthly at the University City Public Library. Medical students often join them to provide vision screenings and educational resources for underserved community members.
WashU Medicine Eye Center faculty members (from left) Andrew Huang, MD; Ying-Bo Shui, MD, PhD; and George Harocopos, MD, were recognized for their volunteer service with Health Protection & Education Services at the University City Library. 
Ying-Bo Shui, MD, PhD, Senior Scientist at WashU Medicine, accepts an award on behalf of WashU Eye Center faculty and students at the Health Protection & Education Services gala. 
The Health Protection & Education Services award presented to the WashU Medicine Eye Center in recognition of faculty and student volunteer service at the University City Library.
The HPES award highlights the Eye Center’s dedication to advancing vision care beyond the clinic and research lab. By partnering with HPES, the faculty and students extend WashU Medicine’s mission of service into the community, helping to improve access to eye care and promote health equity in the St. Louis region.
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WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, including biomedical research, patient care and educational programs with 2,900 faculty. Its National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding portfolio is the second largest among U.S. medical schools and has grown 56% in the last seven years. Together with institutional investment, WashU Medicine commits well over $1 billion annually to basic and clinical research innovation and training. Its faculty practice is consistently within the top five in the country, with more than 1,900 faculty physicians practicing at 130 locations and who are also the medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals of BJC HealthCare. WashU Medicine has a storied history in MD/PhD training, recently dedicated $100 million to scholarships and curriculum renewal for its medical students, and is home to top-notch training programs in every medical subspecialty as well as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology and communications sciences.