NEI Researcher Hikosaka Elected to AAAS
Dr. Okihide Hikosaka, a senior intramural NEI researcher, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinguished society whose members include some of the world's most accomplished and influential professionals. He will be inducted at a ceremony on October 1, 2011 at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, MA. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - June 6, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NIH study finds Avastin and Lucentis are equally effective in treating age-related macular degeneration
Researchers are reporting results from the first year of a two-year clinical trial that Avastin, a drug approved to treat some cancers and that is commonly used off-label to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is as effective as the Food and Drug Administration-approved drug Lucentis for the treatment of AMD. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - April 28, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NEI Names 2011 Healthy Vision Community Awards Recipients
Bethesda, MD Working in Appalachia and Harlem, serving toddlers and seniors, the 2011 Healthy Vision Community Awards (HVCA) winners are committed to making eye health and vision priorities in their communities. HVCA, sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is a unique program that provides awards up to $10,000 to make a difference in communities across the Nation by supporting grassroots eye health education. This seed money supplies the spark that gets projects started, which are then sustained through community partnerships. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - April 19, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
National Eye Institute Mourns First Director, Dr. Carl Kupfer
Dr. Carl Kupfer, who served as director of the National Eye Institute (NEI) for 30 years, died on April 7 after a long illness. He was 83. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - April 7, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project
In October 2009, the FDA, the National Eye Institute, and the Department of Defense launched the LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project. This project examines patient-reported outcomes (PROs) following LASIK, a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependence on glasses or contact lenses. A PRO is a report of a condition experienced by the patient and reported by the patient, not the health care provider. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - March 28, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
2011 NEI/FDA Use of Functional Vision Endpoints in Visual Prostheses Product Development
The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a one-day conference to examine how both functional and objective endpoints can be used in clinical trials of visual prostheses. The discussions will determine how daily living activities, such as mobility, can be analyzed and correlated with objective measures of visual acuity, visual fields and contrast sensitivity. These assessments may provide valuable information that will corroborate standard clinical test outcomes. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - March 11, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Student's Lab Experience at NEI
The crowded Metro train screeched to a stop. Medical Center, red line to Shady Grove, the driver announced over the loudspeaker. I threw my backpack over my shoulder, climbed the monstrous escalator, and walked out into the almost unbearbable summer heat toward the entrance to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. After having my badge scanned at the front gate, I made my way to the National Eye Institute in Building 10, NIHs Clinical Center. I boarded a packed elevator, rode up to the tenth floor, and headed down the long hallway to my laboratory, the doors of which were decorated with postcards from all over...
Source: News from NEI - February 28, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Congressional Justification for FY 2012
The NEI Congressional Justification for Fiscal Year 2012 (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - February 14, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NEI Mourns Richard F. Mercer
Richard Mercer, certified ophthalmic technician with the National Eye Institute, passed away on Monday, January 17. He was 57. Mr. Mercer was a dedicated member of the NEI Clinical Services Section and had served as an ophthalmic technician since 1995. His great sense of humor was well known and delighted NEI staff and the patients. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - January 27, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Request for Input to the NEI Plan, Vision Research in 2011
The National Eye Institute (NEI) invites you to provide your input to the Institute's upcoming plan, Vision Research in 2011: Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities. This Request for Information (RFI) solicits opinions from those members of the scientific, medical, and patient communities with an interest to help shape the research agenda of the NEI. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - January 11, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
President Bestows Awards to Two National Eye Institute Scientists
The White House has honored two members of the National Eye Institute (NEI) research community with one of its most prestigious awards. Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the National Eye Institute (NEI) Intramural Research Program and chief of the NEI Unit on Pediatric, Developmental, and Genetic Ophthalmology, and Doris Y. Tsao, Ph.D., an NEI grantee and assistant professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), were among a distinguished group of 85 researchers selected to receive the 2009 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 29, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NIH 2010 Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Dr. Jean Bennett Speaks on Gene Therapy Success
On Wednesday, December 15, the NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series will feature Dr. Jean Bennett, Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. The tile of her presentation will be "Seeing is Believing: A Gene Therapy Success." The lecture will be held at 3:00 p.m. in NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 24, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NIH adds first images to major research database
The National Institutes of Health has expanded a genetic and clinical research database to give researchers access to the first digital study images. The National Eye Institute (NEI), in collaboration with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), has made available more than 72,000 lens photographs and fundus photographs of the back of the eye, collected from the participants of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 22, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D. Receives Presidential Award
Dr. Brian P. Brooks has been selected by the White House to receive the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Dr. Brooks is a member of the NEI Intramural Research Program and is chief of the NEI Unit on Pediatric, Developmental and Genetic Ophthalmology. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 10, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
West to Speak on Trachoma at NIH Global Health Seminar
Dr. Sheila West, the El-Maghraby professor of preventive ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will give a lecture titled New Directions for Trachoma Control: Lessons from the STAR and PRET Trials for Trachoma in Africa. The talk, to be held on Wednesday, November 10 at 2 p.m. in Building. 31, Room. 6C10, is sponsored by the trans-NIH global health working group. Wests lecture is part of a series of occasional seminars examining best practices in the planning and conduct of international clinical trials, especially those in low- and middle-income settings. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 5, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
