CooperVision’s Generation Sight initiative expands its reach for myopia management treatment

New participating centers include Charles River Community Health, The Dimock Center, DotHouse Health, Lynn Community Health Center, Providence Community Health Centers, and South Boston Community Health Center. Image credit: AdobeStock/AlexisS/peopleimages.com

A year after its launch, CooperVision’s Generation Sight initiative is expanding its reach into additional community health centers to help bridge disparities in myopia management access.¹ The expansion includes health centers in the greater Boston area and Rhode Island to reach more underresourced children in the US, according to a news release.

“The expansion of Generation Sight is 2-fold: it brings much-needed myopia treatment to children who might not otherwise have access, and it offers students and residents invaluable real-world experience with contact lenses,” said Michele Andrews, OD, vice president of Marketing and Professional Affairs, Americas at CooperVision, in the release. “This experience, which includes hands-on training, helps them prepare to meet the needs of a broader range of patients after graduation.”

New participating centers include Charles River Community Health, The Dimock Center, DotHouse Health, Lynn Community Health Center, Providence Community Health Centers, and South Boston Community Health Center.¹

“Programs like Generation Sight are vital in addressing this growing public health concern, particularly in communities where access to eye care is limited. By combining clinical innovation, academic partnerships, and community outreach, CooperVision is creating a scalable model for improving children’s eye health nationwide,” said Andrews in the release.

The initiative offers MiSight 1 day soft contact lenses for age-appropriate children and Paragon CRT orthokeratology lenses at no cost, as long as participating patients require treatment for their myopia.¹

Generation Sight was developed in 2024 in partnership with the Illinois College of Optometry, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and New England College of Optometry. The first children were treated through the program in Boston and Chicago in March 2024.²

“The initial group of children enrolled in Generation Sight are pioneers—their experiences and feedback will pave the way for so many others in the months and years ahead,” Andrews said last year in a news release.²

Since then, the program has worked to connect families who would otherwise not have received myopia care with treatment by utilizing collaborations with optometry school faculty, residents, and students.¹

References:

1. CooperVision’s Generation Sight expands reach. News release. CooperVision. June 22, 2025. Accessed June 23, 2025. https://coopervision.com/practitioner/ecp-viewpoints/eyes-coopervision/coopervisions-generation-sight-expands-reach

2. CooperVision’s “Generation Sight” myopia care initiative enrolls first children. News release. CooperVision. March 18, 2024. Accessed June 2025. https://coopervision.com/our-company/news-center/press-release/coopervision-generation-sight-myopia-care-initiative