NAEVR Acknowledges VRP’s Robert Read, Who Identifies FY2017 Funding Opportunities
05/08/2017 - CDMRP Vision Program Manager Robert Read receives a plaque of recognition from NAEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky NAEVRs May 8 Defense-Related Vision Research Oppor… Read More
Researchers Thank Congress for FY2017 Funding Increases, Express Concern About FY2018
05/03/2017 - James Jorkasky and David Epstein in front of the NAEVR Central Booth in the Baltimore Convention Center Since Congress passed and the President signed the Fiscal Year (FY… Read More
As Congress Negotiates FY2017 Omnibus Spending Bill, Private Funding Foundations Advocate for NIH/NEI Funding and Educate About Their Role in Vision Research
04/25/2017 - From left: NAEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky, RPBs Diana Friedman, Prevent Blindnesss Sara Brown, Dana Acton Miller from the office of Cong. Nita Lowey (D-NY), and RPB Pr… Read More
NAEVR Attends 6th Military Vision Symposium on Ocular & Vision Injury
03/31/2017 - NAEVR/AEVR Board Member Joan Miller, M.D. (Harvard/Mass Eye & Ear), Steven Baskis (Specialist, U.S. Army, Retired), and NAEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky at the 6th Military Vi… Read More
Iowa Researcher Seeks to Improve Corneal Transplantation Outcomes
03/21/2017 - Featured speaker Mark Greiner, M.D. (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine) On March 21, AEVR hosted its eighth military eye trauma Congressional Briefin… Read More
AEVR Congressional Briefing Focuses on Translating Glaucoma Therapy from Bench to Bedside
03/09/2017 - Featured speaker Malik Y. Kahook, M.D. (University of Colorado School of Medicine) On March 9, AEVR held its World Glaucoma Week 2017 Congressional Briefing, co-hosted by… Read More
World Sight Day Congressional Briefing Focuses on NASEM Report
10/13/2016 - From left: Speakers included Meg McCoy, J.D., M.P.H., (NASEM), Eve Higginbotham, M.D. (Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania) and Lori Grover, O.D., Ph.D. (Kin… Read More
NAEVR and ARVO Participate in the Fourth Annual Rally for Medical Research Advocacy Day As NAEVR Hosts Clinician-scientist Researching Retinal Regeneration
09/21/2016 - NAEVR co-hosted the Texas delegation, which included retinal regeneration researcher Sai Chavala, M.D. (University of North Texas Health Science Center), right, bone researcher Babat… Read More
Emerging Vision Scientists Educate and Advocate on Capitol Hill About Their Research to Reduce the Burden of Eye Disease
09/14/2016 - Click here to watch a video of the EVS Capitol Hill Reception The second class of 22 Emerging Vision Scientists (see names in box below)… Read More
International Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Week Congressional Briefing: Sustained NIH Funding Has Resulted in Successful AMD Diagnostics and Therapies
09/14/2016 - International Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week Congressional Briefing: Sustained NIH Funding Has Resulted in Successful AMD Diagnostics and Therapies Feature… Read More
AEVR Congressional Briefing Addresses Research into Dry Eye
06/08/2016 - AEVR Congressional Briefing Addresses Research into Dry Eye Featured speaker Kelly K. Nichols, O.D., M.P.H. PhD., Dean of the School of Optometry at the University of Alabama at B… Read More
NAEVR’s Defense Funding Session Complements the Vision and Traumatic Brain Injury Session at the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting
05/02/2016 - NAEVRs Defense Funding Session Complements the Vision and Traumatic Brain Injury Session at the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting NAEVRs May 2 Defense-Related Vision Research Op… Read More
Emerging Vision Scientists Energize NAEVR Central at ARVO 2016
05/01/2016 - Emerging Vision Scientists Energize NAEVR Central at ARVO 2016 James Jorkasky and David Epstein in front of the NAEVR Central Booth The NAEVR Central Booth at the ARVO… Read More
Private Funding Foundations Educate About Their Role in Vision Research, Advocate for Increased NEI Funding
04/06/2016 - Private Funding Foundations Educate About their Role in Vision Research, Advocate for Increased NEI Funding Brian Hofland, Ph.D., from Research to Prevent Blindness, with Mor… Read More
Deployment-related Vision Trauma Research Congressional Briefing
03/17/2016 - DOD-Funded Researcher Develops Drug-Delivering Contact Lens Featured speaker Joseph Ciolino, M.D. (Mass Eye & Ear/Harvard Medical School) On March 17, AEVR hosted its… Read More
AEVR Congressional Briefing Addresses Public Health Challenges in Glaucoma
03/09/2016 - AEVR Congressional Briefing Addresses Public Health Challenges in Glaucoma Featured speaker David S. Friedman, M.D., PhD. M.P.H. (Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University Sch… Read More
Hill Letters Request Vision Trauma Research Funding at $15 M in FY2017, Support for Defense Health Programs in Defense Appropriations
03/01/2016 - Hill Letters Request Vision Trauma Research Funding at $15 M in FY2017, Support for Defense Health Programs in Defense Appropriations On March 16, NAEVR member Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) … Read More
ARVO Advocates Thank Congress for FY2016 NIH/NEI Increase, Urge FY2017 Budget Growth
02/12/2016 - ARVO Advocates Thank Congress For FY2016 NIH/NEI Increase, Urge FY2017 Budget Growth The ARVO Members-in-Training (MIT) and Emerging Vision Scientists (EVSs) included from left: … Read More
Emerging Vision Scientists Educate, Advocate on Capitol Hill About Their Research to Reduce the Burden of Eye Disease
10/09/2015 - A video about the Emerging Vision Scientists Capitol Hill Reception is available here. The first-ever class of 21 Emerging Vision Scientis… Read More
World Sight Day 2015 Congressional Briefing Addresses Burden of Uncorrected Refractive Errors
10/07/2015 - World Sight Day 2015 Congressional Briefing Addresses Burden of Uncorrected Refractive Errors Left to right: The Briefing participants include… Read More