Welcome to NAEVR’s Defense research Advocacy Center, where you can access our position on Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 federal funding for Department of Defense medical research programs, view recent Legislative Updates, view summaries of past AEVR-sponsored Congressional Briefings on Capitol Hill (featuring DOD-sponsored research) and read about the NAEVR advocacy and AEVR educational activities in the Contributor Reports.
To learn more about the range of medical research programs managed by the Department of Defense or to search through the abstract database, visit the Congressionally Directed Military Directed Research Programs Vision Research Program website.
Neena Haider, PhD, Addresses the Audience On September 20, AEVR partnered with the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) to host its fourth Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Congressional Briefing of 2023, entitled Advancements in Macular Degeneration: New and Upcoming Therapies.
Wednesday, September 20 11 am – 12 Noon, House Rayburn Office Building, Room 2044 Congressional Briefing: Advancements in Macular Degeneration: New and Upcoming Therapies The briefing will feature Neena Haider, PhD (Harvard Medical School) who will discuss the latest in
From left: AEVR Executive Director Dan Ignaszewski, TFOS Excutive Director Amy Sullivan, David Sullivan, MS, PhD, Shane Swatts, OD, Kathy Hammit, and Bridgitte Shen Lee, OD Click here to watch a video of the Briefing. On July 20, the Alliance
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) are pleased to announce the eighth joint Dry Eye Awareness Month Congressional Briefing, scheduled to take place this summer. Titled
Featured speaker Ben Shaberman, PhD (Foundation Fighting Blindness) addresses the audience Click here to watch the video On May 25, AEVR held a Congressional Briefing that focused on less-common eye diseases that, despite affecting fewer people than conditions such as
(Washington, DC) Today, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) announced its first-ever Congressional Briefing focusing on lesser-known eye diseases that lead to vision loss and blindness. Entitled Rare Eye Diseases: Research Bringing Treatments to Patients, the briefing will
