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