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.
Morning Session – Ballroom
8:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Moderator
M. Kathleen Murphy, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Chair, Prevent Blindness Community Programs & Public Health Committee
University of Texas Medical Branch-School of Nursing
Welcome and Introduction
Hugh Parry, President & CEO
Prevent Blindness
The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) is conducting a consensus study to examine core principles and public health strategies to reduce visual impairment and promote eye health in the United States.
Link: www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/PublicHealth/ReduceVisionImpair…
Study Sponsors: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health, National Eye Institute, Prevent Blindness, and Research to Prevent Blindness
Introduction: Jinan Saaddine, MD, MPH, CDC Vision Health Initiative (representing Study Sponsors)
Members of the Consensus Study Committee
- Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH, Committee Chair
- Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, Committee Member
- Sandra Block, OD, MEd, MPH Committee Member
- Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD, Committee Member
Evidence-based Health Promotion Interventions for Vision Loss
Kelly Muir, MD, MHSc, Duke University
Prevention and Care of Eye Disease and Impaired Vision
Paul Lee, MD, JD, University of Michigan
National Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System
This session will seek stakeholder engagement in a new National Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System being advanced by the CDC through a panel overview and guided discussion.
Panelists:
Jinan Saaddine, MD, MPH, CDC Vision Health Initiative
David Rein, PhD, NORC at the University of Chicago
John Wittenborn, NORC at the University of Chicago
IRIS Registry: Supporting Clinical Surveillance and Research
Rebecca Hancock, MHA, American Academy of Ophthalmology
The Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health is presented annually to an individual, team, or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health related to vision and eye health at the community, state, and/or national level.
Introduction: Rick Bunner, 2015 Recipient of the Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health
Recipient: Bruce Moore, OD, New England College of Optometry
Afternoon Session – Ballroom
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Implementing a National StrategyThis session will begin with presentations on lessons learned from two countries that have had experience in implementing national vision plans (Australia and India). It will then turn to a guided discussion among Summit attendees on how the U.S. vision and eye health community can advance vision and eye health of the American people.
Moderator: Suzanne Gilbert, PhD, MPH, SEVA Foundation
The Australia Experience – Hugh Taylor, AC, MD, University of Melbourne
The India Experience – Thulasiraj Ravilla, MBA, Aravind Eye Care System
Guided Discussion
Closing Remarks
Hugh Parry, Prevent Blindness
