Bryan W. Jones, PhD, retinal neuroscientist and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh brought his lab over from the University of Utah. In the Eye & Ear Foundation’s […]
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Mapping Pathogen Contributions to Aging: A Collaborative Project
A major research grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation brings together three institutions to launch a new collaborative project called “Mapping Pathogen Contributions to Aging.” Alongside Yongxin Zhao, PhD, […]
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Global Resource Webvision Now at Pitt
When Bryan W. Jones, PhD, joined the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh this year, he brought with him Webvision, the world’s first online textbook about the retina. […]
Inherited Retinal Conditions: Current Treatments and Future Research
At the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 6 webinar, “Inherited Retinal Conditions: Current Treatments and Future Research,” Dr. José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the […]
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Next-Generation Therapies to Slow or Halt AMD Vision Loss
The Eye & Ear Foundation’s July 11th webinar, “Next-Generation Therapies to Slow or Halt AMD Vision Loss,” featured presentations by Dr. Jay Chhablani, MD, and Dr. John Ash, PhD. “We […]
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New Ocular Oncology Specialist
A new ocular oncology specialist has joined the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, came from the University of Iowa. He was drawn to […]
AMD Project Wins Grant
A team coordinated by Jay Chhablani, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Professor of Ophthalmology at the UPMC Vision Institute, has won a Thome Foundation two-year $500K grant for […]
The Role of Advanced Imaging Technologies in the Future of Eye Care
Why are we putting so much effort into figuring out how to image the retina down to the microscopic scale, asked Ethan Rossi, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Assistant Professor […]
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Enroll in an Early-Intermediate AMD Research Study
If you have early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and are between 55 and 80 years old, you can help advance science for your condition and be compensated for […]
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Geographic Atrophy: Advancements in Research and Care
The Eye & Ear Foundation closed out April with a webinar entitled, “Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Geographic Atrophy: Advancements in Research and Care.” The first presenter was Kunal Dansingani, MBBS, […]
Age-Related Macular Degeneration|Retina
S+S, Spring 2024, p. 4 Diseases and disorders of the retinal are major contributors to blindness. Age related macular degeneration falls into this category, and is the leading cause of […]
Update on Optic Nerve Regeneration Progress
Leaders of the 2023 Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration Conference shared the groundbreaking findings that were presented in October and talked about the future of vision restoration in […]
UPMC Vision Institute, Leading the World in Imaging the Eye
S+S, Fall 2023 Only six devices in the world house a rare kind of imaging technology called laser doppler holography. Three are in Paris and two are in other parts […]
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SparingVision Clinical Trial
Exciting news to report: Pittsburgh is the U.S. site for a clinical trial with a gene-independent, cone sparing therapy for retinitis pigmentosa. SparingVision, a French company developing therapies for ocular […]
Using Optogenetics to Restore Vision
The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine was the first in the world to use optogenetics to restore vision. The Eye & Ear Foundation’s August […]