2001

First Lady Laurie McCallum Raises Awareness About Glaucoma

Wisconsin’s First Lady, Laurie McCallum, works with the department to raise awareness about glaucoma and discusses her experience with the disease.

The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) announces its results on the effects of vitamin and zinc therapy. UW-Madison was one of 11 sites across the country to see/evaluate patients, the Fundus Photograph Reading Center (FPRC) graded all the photographs taken at all the sites.

Curtis R. Brandt, PhD, receives the Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award to support his research on the genetics of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) ocular virulence.