In March of 2019, Women In Optometry spoke with Rachel Simpson, OD, on the research she and her team of fellow student researchers were doing on the wage gap issue faced by American women. Since then, Dr. Simpson and Breanna Scott, OD, have taken the same data and re-examined it leading up to the publication of their research in November of 2020. Drs. Scott and Simpson gained their data from an internet-based survey where they collected responses through a questionnaire from 831 ODs in every U.S. state. “This is from the same data set, but a new analysis,” said Dr. Simpson. In their fresh look, the doctors included only respondents who reported working full-time as optometrists. Read More