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Research to Prevent Blindness and Alcon Award Glaucoma Grant

The recipient of the Research to Prevent Blindness / David Epstein Career Advancement Award in Glaucoma Research sponsored by Alcon is Alex Huang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
7-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award Big Data Research Grants for Improved Patient Care

The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Research to Prevent Blindness announced the 2023 recipients of the RPB/AAO Award for IRIS Registry Research. The researchers will use the IRIS Registry—the nation’s largest comprehensive eye disease...
4-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2024 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research

Patricia Ann D’Amore, PhD, MBA, has been selected as the 2024 RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research (Weeks Award). Dr. D’Amore will receive her award and deliver a presentation during the AUPO 2024 Annual Meeting in Austin,...
27-Jul-2023 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness Announces New Sight-Saving Vision Research Grants

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) announces two new grants to support high-impact vision research. The new grants are the: RPB / Tom Wertheimer Career Development Award in Data Science and RPB / Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative...
23-Apr-2023 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today

Today, Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and more than 30 other organizations are convening in Washington DC for the Vision Research Funding Partnership event, which was organized around the theme of “The Research Pipeline – From Premise to...
22-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness Marks $400 Million in Funding to Advance Eye Disease Research

Research to Prevent Blindness announces a new round of awardees who are generating critical knowledge around a host of sight-threatening conditions. With this latest round of funding, RPB has provided more than $400 million in research funding.
21-Dec-2022 5:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Research to Prevent Blindness and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Announce 2023 Recipient of RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research

David J. Calkins, PhD, has been selected as the 2023 RPB David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research.
30-Aug-2022 5:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research to Prevent Blindness and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award New Research Grants to Improve Eye Care

Award recipients to use the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) clinical database to improve care for all patients
9-Aug-2022 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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The mission of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is to preserve and restore vision by supporting research to develop treatments, preventives and cures for all conditions that damage and destroy sight. Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled more than $403 million into eye research. As a result, RPB has been identified with nearly every major breakthrough in vision research in that time.

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