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Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2025 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research

Maria Bartolomeo Grant, MD has been selected as the 2025 RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research. Dr. Grant’s contributions have redefined our understanding of retinal diseases and opened new therapeutic pathways.
7-Jan-2025 8:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

A Statement from the Research to Prevent Blindness Board of Trustees: The Time is Now to Protect the National Eye Institute

The National Eye Institute (NEI)—which is the most important source of funding for all of vision research in the U.S.—is being threatened by a proposal from a committee in the House of Representatives to collapse the National Institutes of...
16-Dec-2024 9:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

New Grants for Big Data Research to Improve Vision Care

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) today announced the 2024 recipients of the RPB / AAO Award for IRIS Registry Research.
20-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness Opens Applications for Vision Research Grants

Research to Prevent Blindness is pleased to announce that it has opened a new round of grant funding for high-impact vision research, including research related to glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, inherited retinal diseases, myopia,...
5-May-2024 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today

Leaders of organizations that fund vision research convene in Washington, D.C. to increase collaboration and maximize the impact of research funding for sight-threatening diseases.
25-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and Alcon Award Glaucoma Grant

The recipient of the Research to Prevent Blindness / David Epstein Career Advancement Award in Glaucoma Research sponsored by Alcon is Alex Huang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
7-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award Big Data Research Grants for Improved Patient Care

The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Research to Prevent Blindness announced the 2023 recipients of the RPB/AAO Award for IRIS Registry Research. The researchers will use the IRIS Registry—the nation’s largest comprehensive eye disease...
4-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2024 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research

Patricia Ann D’Amore, PhD, MBA, has been selected as the 2024 RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research (Weeks Award). Dr. D’Amore will receive her award and deliver a presentation during the AUPO 2024 Annual Meeting in Austin,...
27-Jul-2023 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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The mission of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is to preserve and restore vision by supporting research to develop treatments, preventives and cures for all conditions that damage and destroy sight. Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled more than $403 million into eye research. As a result, RPB has been identified with nearly every major breakthrough in vision research in that time.

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