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The promise of complement-based therapies for dry AMD

April 18, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Catherine Bowes-Rickman, Ph.D.
George and Geneva Boguslavsky Distinguished Professor of Eye Research
Duke University

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Childhood glaucoma genetics: changing paradigms

April 2, 2024 — 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Terri Young, M.D., M.B.A.
Peter A. Duehr Professor of Ophthalmology, Medical Genetics, and Pediatrics
Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Data Science at the National Eye Institute: ODSHI Initiatives and the Culture of Data Sharing

April 1, 2024 — 11:00 am to 12:00 pm ET

Join the National Eye Institute's Office of Data Science and Health Informatics (ODSHI) at their NEI Informatics & Data-Driven Insights: Seminars & Dialogue Opportunities for Vision Health series launch! Michael Chiang, the NEI Director, and Kerry Goetz, Associate Director of ODSHI, will be introducing the series and discussing the NEI's perspective on the intersection of data science and vision research. The event will offer opportunities for dialogue with the speakers, and ask for audience input on future topics of interest.

Registration is closed.

Optical Coherence Tomography – Celebrating its Transformative Impact on Eye Care and Beyond

March 18, 2024 - March 19, 2024 - March 19, 2024

Bethesda, MD

Recently, the 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award was awarded to James Fujimoto, David Huang, and Eric Swanson for their invention of optical coherence tomography (OCT), a technique that has revolutionized ocular health care.

In recognition of this honor and to celebrate the impact of OCT in vision health and research, the National Eye Institute is hosted a scientific symposium, March 18-19, 2024, at the NIH campus in Bethesda.

The program featured lectures and discussion on a diverse range of topics highlighting current and emerging OCT applications in both research and clinical settings. 

Mechanisms of Memory and Cognition

March 14, 2024 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Elizabeth Buffalo, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington

This seminar is now exclusively virtual.

Last updated: February 21, 2023