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Iriqat and Lee deliver Global Health Vision Lectures

October 7, 2022
Infectious Disease Uveitis
Clinical Research
NEI
International Vision Research

The Global Health Vision Lecture Series is sponsored by NEI, the Fogarty International Center, and the NIH Global Health Interest Group. The series fosters global collaboration and exchange of information among international vision researchers and eye health clinical scientists

Salam Iriqat, St. John Eye Hospital Group, Jeruselum, delivered “Covid-19 and uveitis, series from Palestine,” October 4, 2022.

Salam Iraquat, Gyan Prakash, and Victoria Sheffield

From left to right are Iriqat; Gyan Prakash, director of NEI International program activities; and Victoria Sheffield, past president of the International Eye Foundation.

Richard Lee, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, presented “From the lab to big data: innovating to overcome the burden of rare and common eye diseases,” October 7.

Lee and others

From left to right are David Schneeweis, NEI scientific director; Lee; NEI Deputy Director Santa Tumminia; Prakash; and Martin Kuper, CEO of Moorfields Eye Hospital.

NEI international program activities on the NEI website