Using a nucleic acid-based therapy to target genetic mutations, eye researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Iowa will develop and test a new therapy for restoring vision in children and adults with …
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Funds Distribution Committee Approves Four New Projects
The Funds Distribution Committee (FDC) has announced that four new projects have been granted funding. These include: Melanie Schmitt, MD: $1,498 to publish “Impact of Amblyopia,” an abstract Donna Neumann, PhD, and Colleen McDowell, PhD: $18,450 …
Lighthouse Guild Offers Tele-health Support Groups
Lighthouse Guild, a major provider of mental health and healthcare service to people with low vision and blindness, now offers tele-health support groups. During the first week of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it became clear …
AEVR Announces Virtual World Glaucoma Week Congressional Briefing
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research’s (AEVR) new Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative announced a World Glaucoma Week 2021 Congressional Briefing entitled Glaucoma: Clinical Practice and Research to Optimize Patient Outcomes to be …
Eugene Cropp, OD, Retires From UW Health Triage Team
Former UW Health optometrist Dr. Eugene Cropp is retiring from the ophthalmic triage team at UW Health University Station Eye Clinic on January 8, 2021. Dr. Cropp retired from the optometry service in January 2019. …
Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD, Joins DOVS Faculty as Assistant Professor
Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD, joined the DOVS faculty as an assistant professor, effective January 1, 2021. Dr. Domalpally has held the role of research director in the Fundus Photograph Reading Center (FPRC) since April 2007. …
Michael Altaweel, MD, Awarded McPherson ERI Monroe E. Trout Chair in Vision Research
Michael Altaweel, MD, professor and retina specialist, was awarded the inaugural McPherson Eye Research Institute Monroe E. Trout Chair in Vision Research. This professorship is for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2021 through December …
Corpus Callosum Online Journal of the Arts Releases Second Edition
Corpus Callosum, an online arts journal produced by Ebling Library in the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, released its second edition in December 2020. The journal features the multimedia, visual and written creative …
DOVS Mentee Presents at Medical Student Research Forum
Claire Vanden Heuvel, a second-year medical student and mentee in the Julie Mares Laboratory, presented a poster at the 19th Annual Medical Student Research Forum on November 23. Her project, the culmination of work during …