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.
Leon Herndon, MD (Duke University Medical Center) Click here to view a video of the briefing On March 8, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) celebrated World Glaucoma Week by conducting its first virtual Research Saving Sight, Restoring
Eduardo Alfonso, MD (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami (Washington, D.C.) On February 28, the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) elected Eduardo Alfonso,
On February 17, JAMA Ophthalmology published a Viewpoint article entitled Moving Beyond COVID-19—How the Pandemic is Associated with Transformations in Research and Careers of the Next Generation of Vision Scientists. Based on the Alliance for Eye and Vision's (AEVR) September
(Washington, D.C.) The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) is excited to continue its Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative activities by launching its first Congressional Briefing of 2022, Understanding Glaucoma Patients: Health Disparities and Unmet Needs which will
New NAEVR/AEVR Executive Director Dan Ignaszewski (Washington, D.C.) Today National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) and Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) Boards President Paul Lee, MD, JD (Kellogg Eye Center/University of Michigan) announced Dan Ignaszewski as
