ARVO 2018
University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Presentations and Posters at ARVO 2018
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Sears selected for American Glaucoma Society research grant
Glaucoma specialist Dr. Nathan Sears was selected to receive the American Glaucoma Society’s 2018 Young Clinician Scientist Research Grant.
Sears will use the grant funds to develop a new animal model of glaucoma to...
Extending eye care abroad
Cataract is the leading cause of reversible vision loss and Glaucoma is the leading cause of permanent vision loss worldwide. Millions of people are impacted and unnecessarily blinded by these conditions each year – much of this taking place in low and middle-income countries.
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National Doctors' Day 2018
A Half a Million Children Screened by Iowa KidSight
Iowa KidSight reached a milestone this week of extending vision screenings to over 500,000 children! Also noteworthy is that 29,328 (5.87%) of those children have required referral to an eye doctor.
Four-and-a-half-year-old Maylee Rose Allen received the milestone screening. A...
New Issue of Iowa Vision Now Available
The 2017 Fall-2018 Winter issue of Iowa Vision is available here !
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The Robert and Joell Brightfelt Professorship in Cornea
FDA to expedite review of IDx AI diagnostic system
UI to rename Institute for Vision Research
Fingert awarded grant to study glaucoma caused by exfoliation syndrome
John Fingert, MD, PhD , The Hadley-Carver Chair in Glaucoma and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was awarded a grant from...