Events

NAEVR Meets with US Surgeon General to Advance Vision and Eye Health

06/15/2019 - From left: United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH and Deputy Surgeon General Erica Schwartz, MD, JD On June 13, vision community organization and federal age… Read More

AEVR Congressional Briefing Emphasizes Value of NEI's DRCR Retina Network

05/15/2019 - Featured speakers included DRCR Retina Co-Chairs Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH (Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School) and Daniel F. Martin, MD (Cole Eye Institute/Cleveland Clinic… Read More

Researchers Urge Congress to Raise Budget Caps to Facilitate FY2020 NIH/NEI Funding Increases

05/01/2019 - James Jorkasky and David Epstein in front of the NAEVR Central Booth in the Vancouver Convention Centre Once again, the NAEVR Central Booth served as the Town Hall for vi… Read More

NAEVR Defense Funding Session Features DOD Vision Program Manager, Insights into the FY2019 Program Announcement

04/29/2019 - New CDMRP Vision Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD addresses the audience NAEVR's April 29 Defense-Related Vision Research Opportunities session at the ARVO Annual Meeting i… Read More

Private Vision Research Funding Foundations Advocate with Their Congressional Delegations for FY2020 NIH/NEI Funding Increases

03/28/2019 - Private Vision Research Funding Foundations Advocate with Their Congressional Delegations for FY2020 NIH/NEI Funding Increases On March 28, NAEVR hosted a Private Vision Research Funding Found… Read More

AEVR Congressional Briefing Focuses on Genetic Basis of Glaucoma

03/06/2019 -   Featured speaker Louis R. Pasquale, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital) On March 6, AEVR held its World Glaucoma Week 2019 Congressional Briefing, … Read More

ARVO Advocates Among First to Request FY2020 NIH/NEI Funding Increases and Meet with Key Senate Appropriations Staff Directors

02/08/2019 -   From left: The “supergroup” meeting with key Senate Appropriations staff included Peter Koulen, PhD (University of Missouri), Mahbubul Shihan, PhD, (University of Delaware), She… Read More

NAEVR Recognizes Cong. Pete Sessions for His Service in Congress and Leadership for Preserving and Restoring Vision

12/12/2018 -   National Eye Institute (NEI) Director Paul Sieving, MD, PhD, left, joins while NAEVR President Peter McDonnell, MD (Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University School of Medic… Read More

AEVR Supports 2018 World Sight Day Congressional Briefing Focusing on Cost-effective Treatments

10/11/2018 - AEVR Supports 2018 World Sight Day Congressional Briefing Focusing on Cost-Effective Treatments . Right: VISION 2020 USA Chair Mitchell Brinks, MD, MPH, moderated and spoke b… Read More

Emerging Vision Scientists Among First to Thank Congress for Final FY2019 NIH/NEI Appropriations

09/27/2018 - Click here to watch a video of the EVS Capitol Hill Reception The class of the Fourth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day (see names in box below) who participated in the AEVR a… Read More

International Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week Congressional Briefing: Understanding the “Dry” Form of AMD to Develop Effective Treatments

09/27/2018 - International Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week Congressional Briefing: Understanding the “Dry” Form of AMD to Develop Effective Treatments Featured speaker Ch… Read More

NAEVR and ARVO Participate in the Sixth Annual Rally for Medical Research Advocacy Day

09/13/2018 - NAEVR and ARVO Participate in the Sixth Annual Rally for Medical Research Advocacy Day As Congress Works to Finalize FY2019 NIH/NEI Appropriations NAEVR co-hosted the New York de… Read More

AEVR Authors Foreword on Fifty Years of NEI Accomplishments for USA Today “Vision and Hearing” Supplement

09/01/2018 - AEVR Authors Foreword on Fifty Years of NEI Accomplishments For USA Today Vision and Hearing Supplement The September 27 edition of USA Today included a special Vision and Hearing supplement that… Read More

NAEVR Participates in National Summit Honoring 50 Years of NEI Leadership

07/18/2018 - NAEVR Participates in National Summit Honoring 50 Years of NEI Leadership On July 18 at its 2018 Focus on Eye Health National Summit entitled Research to Impact, Prevent Blindness recognized the N… Read More

Speakers Urge More Dry Eye Disease Research As Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month 2018 with a Capitol Hill Briefing and Screening

07/11/2018 - Speakers Urge More Dry Eye Disease Research as Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month 2018 with a Capitol Hill Briefing and Screening Left to right: The Briefing fac… Read More

NAEVR Defense Funding Session Features New DOD Vision Program Manager, Insights into the FY2018 Program Announcement

04/30/2018 - NAEVR Defense Funding Session Features New DOD Vision Program Manager, Insights into the FY2018 Program Announcement New CDMRP Vision Program Manager Tian Wang, PhD addresses the… Read More

Researchers Thank Congress for FY2018 NIH/NEI Funding Increases, Urge Sustained Increase for FY2019

04/29/2018 - Researchers Thank Congress for FY2018 NIH/NEI Funding Increases, Urge Sustained Increase for FY2019 James Jorkasky and David Epstein in front of the NAEVR Central Booth in the Ho… Read More

Vision Community on Hill As Congress Passes FY2018 Omnibus Spending Bill

04/01/2018 -   During the week of March 19, as Congress faced a March 23 expiration date for the fifth Continuing Resolution (CR) that funded the government, vision community advocates were on Capitol Hill. Ju… Read More

DOD Funded Researcher Examines Whole Eye Transplantation

03/29/2018 -   Featured speaker Kia Washington, MD (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) On March 29, AEVR hosted its ninth Defense-related Vision Research Congressional Br… Read More

Congressional Reception Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Creation of the NEI

03/21/2018 - From left: NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Gordon Legge, PhD (University of Minnesota), Cong. Pete Sessions (R-TX), and NEI Director Paul Sieving, MD, PhD On M… Read More

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