AEVR’s World Glaucoma Week 2013 Briefing Features Real-time OCT Imaging
03/07/2013 - AEVRs World Glaucoma Week 2013 Briefing Features Real-Time OCT Imaging Gadi Wollstein, M.D. (University of Pittsburgh) speaks On March 7, AEVRs Decade of Vision 2010… Read More
NAEVR Joins Vision Community in Addressing Audacious Goals to Preserve and Restore Vision
02/26/2013 - NAEVR Joins Vision Community in Developing Audacious Goals to Preserve and Restore Vision NEI Director Paul Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. welcomes attendees to this meeting using science… Read More
ARVO Advocates Urge Congress to Avoid Sequestration
02/07/2013 - ARVO Advocates Urge Congress to Avoid Sequestration ARVO Executive Director Sally Atherton, Ph.D., FARVO, center, and Ava Bittner, O.D., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University/Wilmer Ey… Read More
World Sight Day 2012 Congressional Briefing Highlights Collaborations in Vision Research and Blindness Prevention Activities
10/11/2012 - World Sight Day 2012 Congressional Briefing Highlights Collaborations In Vision Research and Blindness Prevention Activities Left to right: Speakers Gyan John Prakash, Ph.D., M.… Read More
AEVR International AMD Awareness Week Congressional Briefing: Research Suggests AMD As Multiple Biological Diseases
09/20/2012 - AEVR International AMD Awareness Week Congressional Briefing: Research Suggests AMD as Multiple Biological Diseases Gregory Hageman, Ph.D. (Moran Eye Center, University of Utah),… Read More
Schepens Military Vision Symposium: AEVR Releases Defense Vision Brochure, DOD Announces $14 Million in Awards to 21 Vision Researchers
09/18/2012 - Schepens Military Vision Symposium: AEVR Releases Defense Vision Brochure, DOD Announces $14 Million in Awards to 21 Vision Researchers Left to right: Joint DOD/VA Vision Center … Read More
The Value of Defense-related Vision Research: Peer-reviewed Vision Trauma Research Program in Defense Appropriations
09/18/2012 - The Value of Defense-Related Vision Research: Peer-Reviewed Vision Trauma Research Program in Defense Appropriations On September 18, at the Fifth Military Vision Symposium on Ocular and Visio… Read More
Capitol Hill Education Focuses on Diabetic Retinopathy
09/13/2012 - Capitol Hill Education Focuses on Diabetic Retinopathy Featured speaker Neil Bressler, M.D. (Wilmer Eye Institute) at the September 13 Congressional Briefing During the wee… Read More
Vision Impairment and Blindness Incidence Increases in Last Decade with Greatest Increase in Diabetic Retinopathy
07/07/2012 - Vision Impairment and Blindness Incidence Increases In Last Decade With Greatest Increase in Diabetic Retinopathy NAEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky with Prevent Blindness A… Read More
NAEVR Participates in Project Gemini, an Exchange Between US and UK Blinded Veterans
05/30/2012 - NAEVR Participates in Project Gemini, an Exchange Between US and UK Blinded Veterans Blind Veterans UKs Brighton facility, the base for Project Gemini, hosts veterans for respite… Read More
NEI Signs Agreement with UK for Collaborative Research into Inflammatory Eye Diseases
05/25/2012 - NEI Signs Agreement with UK for Collaborative Research into Inflammatory Eye Diseases Peng Tee Khaw, M.D., Ph.D. hosts the signing event at Moorfields Eye Hospital On … Read More
DOD Announces $12.2 M Allocated for Awards to Vision Researchers
05/07/2012 - DOD Announces $12.2 M Allocated for Awards to Vision Researchers TATRC Vision Program Manager Robert Read describes plans for the Vision Research Programs FY2011/2012 funding cy… Read More
NAEVR Central, the Vision Research Community’s “Town Hall,” Draws Record Number of Visitors at 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting
05/01/2012 - NAEVR Central, the Vision Research Communitys Town Hall, Draws Record Number of Visitors at 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting NAEVRs James Jorkasky and David Epstein in front of NAEVR… Read More
AEVR Supports VA Research Week
04/25/2012 - AEVR Supports VA Research Week Randy Kardon, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Iowa) speaks about his VA-funded research On April 25, AEVR served as a co-sponsor of a Congr… Read More
Public Witness Testimony Before the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee
03/29/2012 - NAEVR Testifies at House Hearing and Requests FY2013 NEI Funding of $730 Million Hendrik Scholl, M.D. On March 29, NAEVR testified and requested Fiscal Year (FY) 2013… Read More
Vision Enhancement System Addresses Defense Vision Research Gaps
03/22/2012 - Vision Enhancement System Addresses Defense Vision Research Gaps Featured speaker James Weiland, Ph.D. (Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California) On Mar… Read More
AEVR Releases Updated Silver Book®:Vision Loss at 2012 World Glaucoma Week Congressional Briefing
03/07/2012 - AEVR Releases Updated Silver Book®:Vision Loss at 2012 World Glaucoma Week Congressional Briefing Left to right: Featured speakers clinician scientist Arthur Sit, S.M., M.D. (Mayo… Read More
NAEVR Meets with VSOs to Ensure Support for FY2012 PRMR-Vision Funding
03/01/2012 - NAEVR Meets with VSOs to Ensure Support for FY2012 PRMR-Vision Funding As in past years, the Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Independent Budget has called for increased… Read More
NAEVR Meets with White House on Defense Vision Research Funding
02/17/2012 - NAEVR Meets with White House on Defense Vision Research Funding Second right: Dennis ONeil, who directs National Strategies and Plans for Military Veterans, Wounded Warriors and … Read More
NIH Director Dr. Collins Applauds NAEVR’s Efforts
01/12/2012 - NIH Director Dr. Collins Applauds NAEVRs Efforts NAEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky with NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. at a recent NIH meeting In a… Read More