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.
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
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)
