Mark Humayun (USC Roski Eye Institute Keck Medicine of USC) speaking at AOS 2024 annual meeting: fantastic work about cell-based therapy in #ophthalmology .

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In June 2022, NEI held a workshop on the interface of ocular immunology & regenerative medicine (e.g., immune barriers to stem cell transplantation).

Led by Victor Perez (Duke Eye Center), Kia Washington (@CUMedicalSchool)

StemCellReports summary: cell.com/stem-cell-repo…

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day:

Want to make sure people are aware of a NEI notice of intent to publish a funding opportunity to develop accessibility devices for people with vision impairment

Details: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

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From NEI: calling attention that today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

Purpose is to 'get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities'.

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Ophthalmologists have front row seats to America’s loneliness epidemic. Read more about what they had to say from AAO: aao.org/eye-health/new… #HealthyVisionMonth #EyeHealthEducation

Don't miss Aaron Lee as he discusses AI-READI (Artificial Intelligence Ready and Equitable Atlas for Diabetes Insights), a groundbreaking & ethically-sourced dataset enabling #AI research to uncover insights into type 2 diabetes.

May 20, 2:30 PM EST: bit.ly/3K7Pxik

Congratulations to Martine Jager (Weisenfeld Award) and Danny Saban (Danny Saban Duke Eye Center, Cogan Award) for their awards at #ARVO2024 !

Beautiful talks on ocular oncology (Dr. Jager) and ocular immunology (Dr. Saban).

At #ARVO2024 , NEI hosted 2 global research events:

1) Leadership meeting to discuss collaborative opportunities (led by John Prakash & Paul Chan (@aao_ophth global alliances))

2) Myopia symposium: science & public health (led by John Prakash & Kapil Bharti)

At #ARVO2024 , the NEI extramural staff hosted a session on navigating the NEI/NIH grant process.

Shown: Paek Lee, CL Lantz, PhD (BRAIN). Other participants: Ed Clayton, Jimmy Le, Ashley Fortress, Renee Livshin, Susan Gillmor (@CSRpeerreview), Karen Smith, Brian Hoshaw.

Adoption of ocular imaging standards will improve vision research & eye care.

If you do research in this area, read this new NEI NIH notice carefully: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

And this paper: aaojournal.org/article/S0161-…

U.S. FDA ONC Micky Tripathi AAO

New program from NIH NIH_CommonFund:

NIH looks to increase access to clinical research by establishing a network to conduct research in primary care settings.

Details and research opportunity announcement (deadline 6/14/2024):
commonfund.nih.gov/clinical-resea…

Heads up: NEI intends to publish a NOFO to solicit applications on translational efforts in developing accessibility devices for people with visual impairment.

Requires multidisciplinary teams including people with lived experience.

Details: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

The NIH AIM-AHEAD program (@AIM_AHEAD) has several open funding & fellowship opportunities involving #AI and health disparities. These are aimed at institutions that serve under-represented populations.

Details: aim-ahead.net

Interested to learn what's happening at NEI in 2024? Attend these #ARVO2024 sessions tomorrow (Weds 5/8)!

1) NEI Director session with overview of major activities this past year (12:30pm PT),
2) global health session on myopia (4pm PT)

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This was a huge year for the NEI intramural research program at #ARVO2024 :

Celebrating Emily Chew (Proctor Medal) and Anand Swaroop (Friedenwald Award) at an award reception on Monday evening!

NIH NIH Intramural Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Kapil Bharti ARVO

Interested to learn what's happening at NEI in 2024? Attend these #ARVO2024 sessions tomorrow (Weds 5/8)!

1) NEI Director session with overview of major activities this past year (12:30pm PT),
2) global health session on myopia (4pm PT)

ARVO

Congratulations to Dr. Anand Swaroop (NEI) for receiving the ARVO Friedenwald Award!

Speaking about genes, networks, karma, and photoreceptors,.'The joy is in the journey' (and shout-outs to former NEI Director Paul Sieving ... and many others!).

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Congratulations to Dr. Emily Chew (NEI) for receiving the Proctor Medal at #ARVO2024 !

Beautiful lecture on AMD integrating clinical trials, 'food is medicine', basic science, multiomics analysis, and AI.

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Emily Chew’s many contributions to vision research, particularly #AMD , make her more than deserving of the Proctor Medal. We at the NEI are very proud!

Come hear Emily’s lecture tomorrow (Monday) at Room 6BC.

Anand Swaroop dedicated his life’s work to the genetics of retinal diseases, uncovering molecular pathways involved in many of them, and potentially opening doors to new therapies!

Tomorrow (Monday), make sure to include his Friedenwald Award lecture in your schedule. Room 6BC.