Focus on Eye Health National Summit 2019 Presentations

The annual Focus on Eye Health Summit attracts a global audience of patient advocates, community-based organizations, vision and eye health organizations, researchers, public health experts, health-care providers, educators, early childhood education professionals, senior- and child-care professionals, government agency staff, corporate partners, health program professionals, legislative staff, and other stakeholders.

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No Barriers Life: Rope Team

Morning Keynote Presentation by Bill Barkeley

keynote presentation file (pdf)

 

 

Emerging Sight – Vision and the Young Child

Moderated by Jean Ramsey, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine and Sandra S. Block, OD, MEd, MPH, Illinois College of Optometry

Presentation Files

Introduction (pdf) 

Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco (pdf)

Dawn DeCarlo, OD, MS, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham (pdf)

Edwin Marshall, OD, MS, MPH, Indiana University (pdf)

 

 

Looking Forward – Promoting Sight in Young Adults

Kristina Beaugh, MPH, National Eye Health Education Program

Promoting Sight in Young Adults presentation file (pdf)

 

 

The Scope of Vision and Eye Health – Guidance from Surveillance

Presentation Files

David Rein, PhD, NORC at the University of Chicago (pdf)

John Wittenborn, NORC at the University of Chicago (pdf)

 

 

Losing Vision and Gaining Perspective

Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Losing Vision and Gaining Perspective presentation file (pdf)

 

 

Strategic Vision: Population Health and Vision in the Military

Moderated by James Jorkasky, MBA, Alliance for Eye and Vision Research

Col. Mark Reynolds, MD, MPH, DoD/VA Vision Center of Excellence (pdf)

 

 

Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Vision

Moderated by Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, Duke University

Presentation Files

Kira Baldonado, Prevent Blindness (pdf)

Michael Hodin, PhD, Global Coalition on Aging (pdf)

 

 

The Keystone for Independence: Low Vision, Vision Loss, and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

Moderated by  Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, Duke University

Presentation Files

Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University (pdf)

Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH, University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center (pdf)

Marcus Escobedo, MPA, The John A. Hartford Foundation (pdf)

 

 

2019 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health

Introduced by Megan Collins, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

 

 

Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham (pdf)