Focus on Eye Health Expert Series

Articles to Keep You Informed

April

2022

Recipients of the 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and Rising Visionary Award Announced

Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2022 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as VOSH/International (V/I). Additionally, Prevent Blindness is pleased to announce the co-recipients of the third annual “Rising Visionary Award” as Marissa K. Shoji, MD, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and Hursuong Vongsachang, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School

June

2021

Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Disease: The Time is Now

By Kari Branham, MS, CGC Our understanding of the genetic basis for human disease has greatly advanced over the past decade. These advances are especially evident in the field of inherited retinal disease (IRD). Despite this, people with IRDs may not always receive information from their doctors about how a condition is inherited within a