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SUMMARY:Clearer Futures: Identifying Eye Needs in School-Age Children
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/5″][vc_column_text]Join the NCCVEH and our partners\, the School-Based Health Alliance and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved\, for a free 2-part webinar series focused on meeting children’s vision needs in schools. These webinars are geared to Community Health Centers\, school nurses\, administrators\, and anyone seeking to meet children’s vision needs in the school setting. \nWebinar 1: “Clearer Futures: Identifying Eye Needs in School-Age Children”\nDate: Thursday\, March 19\, 2026\, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET \nWebinar Topics: \n\nRecognizing and addressing vision challenges that impact student health and academic success\nEffective strategies for identifying eye care needs\nPractical approaches to promoting early detection and delivering essential vision services for all children\n\nPresenters: \n\nSara Bode\, MD\, Medical Director of Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s School Health Services\nAngel Barajas\, OD\, Assistant Professor at Western University of Health Sciences\, College of Optometry\n\nRegister Today![/vc_column_text][vc_cta h2=”A Shared Vision: Building Community Partnerships for School-Based Eye Care Programs” h4=”Part Two of this Two-Part Webinar Series” css=”.vc_custom_1771865327438{margin-top: 25px !important;}”]Date: Thursday\, April 23\, 2026\, from 3:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET \nFind out more[/vc_cta][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/5″][vc_column_text] \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/webinar-eye-needs-school-children/
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SUMMARY:Thyroid Eye Disease: Today’s Treatments\, Tomorrow’s Research\, and How to Take Action
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Are you living with thyroid eye disease (TED) or have a family member who has been diagnosed with TED?  \nWatch this discussion on the latest in TED treatment and research. Learn how current treatments work in the eye\, what types of clinical research are underway\, and how to talk with your doctor about the right care for you. We’ll also review steps to identify and get involved in clinical trials. The session will feature Dr. Trevor Angell\, a specialist in TED treatment and clinical research\, as well as Richie Kahn\, a patient advocate experienced in bringing the patient perspective into the clinical development process.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Reset\n\n\n	Thryoid Eye Disease Webinar Slides\n\n\n\n\n	Download\n\n		\n			\n				\n									\n\n				\n					\n					\n				\n			\n		\n		[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1771337127483{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”” css=””]Moderator:  \nKira Baldonado\, MPH\, Executive Vice President\, Prevent Blindness \nSpeakers: \nTrevor E. Angell\, MD\, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine\, Associate Medical Director of the Thyroid Center\, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes\, Keck School of Medicine of USC \nRichie Kahn\, MPH\, Co-Founder & COO\, Canary Advisors[/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1771336605806{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nSpeaker Bios\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1/5″][vc_column_text css=””] \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”4/5″][vc_column_text css=””]Trevor E. Angell\, MD\nAssociate Professor of Clinical Medicine\nAssociate Medical Director of the Thyroid Center\nDivision of Endocrinology and Diabetes\, Keck School of Medicine of USC\, Los Angeles\, CA \nTrevor E. Angell\, MD is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Associate Director of the Thyroid Center\, in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. He completed medical school\, internal medicine\, and endocrinology training at the Los Angeles County Medical Center and subsequently joined the faculty of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School\, before returning to USC. His clinical practice focuses on thyroid diseases\, including Graves’ disease and Thyroid Eye Disease. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Thyroidology and has given national educational talks for the American Thyroid Association and ThyCa: the Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1771336616115{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”blue” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1/5″][vc_column_text css=””] \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”4/5″][vc_column_text css=””]Kira Baldonado\, MPH\nExecutive Vice President\, Prevent Blindness \nKira Baldonado is the Executive Vice President of Prevent Blindness\, where she provides strategic leadership across public health\, programming\, and policy functions. With nearly 30 years of nonprofit experience\, she has driven national systems change through collaborative policy development\, multi-sector partnerships\, and the establishment of best practices in vision health. A seasoned grant writer and program leader\, Kira has secured and managed significant federal and corporate funding\, authored over a dozen peer-reviewed publications\, and led national coalitions and quality improvement initiatives. Her leadership has expanded Prevent Blindness’s reach\, strengthened its advocacy impact\, and ensured alignment with strategic and financial goals. A recognized thought leader\, Kira holds an MPH in Health Policy and Management from Kent State University and has served in numerous advisory roles for major organizations in eye health and public health.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1771336624992{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_separator color=”blue” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1/5″][vc_column_text css=””] \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”4/5″][vc_column_text css=””]Richie Kahn\, MPH\nCo-Founder & COO\nCanary Advisors \nA health policy professional by training\, clinical researcher by trade and patient advocate by necessity\, Richie Kahn has spent the last 16 years working across the industry to reduce the time it takes to bring promising new treatments to the patients that need them most. As Co-Founder and COO of Canary Advisors\, Richie partners with biopharma\, nonprofit and regulatory stakeholders to better align clinical development programs with patient wants and needs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1771337139334{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nThis virtual event is sponsored by \n \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1768237117459{margin-top: 25px !important;}”]Prevent Blindness retains full independence over all our health education content\, policy positions\, advocacy efforts\, and programmatic decisions. Find out more about Prevent Blindness and corporate sponsorships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/ted-webinar-2026/
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