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.
Kimberly Cockerham, MD, FACS (Central Valley Eye Medical Group/Senta Clinic) On November 17, AEVR’s Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative held a virtual global Congressional Briefing entitled Better Understanding Thyroid Eye Disease (TED): Physician, Patient, and Caregiver Perspectives, with a
Taylor Young (National Keratoconus Foundation) To watch the video of the briefing, click here. On November 10 and in recognition of World Keratoconus Day 2021, AEVR’s Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative joined with the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF)
RSVP for events to Dina Beaumont at 202-407-8325 or [email protected] Wednesday, October 20 Congressional Briefing: Myopia: A Public Health Crisis Streamed 12 Noon – 1:00 pm Eastern Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s2cAZl44QkGbXBOI1D674Q Myopia, or nearsightedness, is one of several refractive errors that occur
Jason Compton, OD (Compton Eye Associates, New York, New York) On October 20, AEVR's Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative and co-sponsors (see box below) held a virtual global Congressional Briefing entitled Myopia: A Public Health Crisis. Refractive errors, which
AEVR began its virtual Seventh Annual Emerging Vision Scientists (EVS) Day with the global International AMD Awareness Week 2021 Congressional Briefing, also held during Healthy Aging Month, that highlighted the latest advances in federally funded research at the National Eye
