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This page contains meeting information, follow-up documents, and speaker presentations from the Vision Research Funding Partnership 2025 Sight Across the Lifespan: The Critical Role for Vision Science convening on March 25, 2025.
Materials:
Agenda
Participant List
PPTs: Speaker PPT: Ali Tafreshi, Topcon Healthcare, Inc.
Speaker PPT: Tom Brunner, MBA, Glaucoma Research Foundation
Speaker PPT: Dan Ignaszewski, NAEVER/AEVR
Speaker PPT: Michael Crair, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
Speaker PPT: Terri Young, MD, MBA, University of Wisconsin
Speaker PPT: Kira Baldonado, MPH, Prevent Blindness
Handouts:
New Program to Expand Access to Eye Care for Underserved Delaware Residents: Michael Repka, MD, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Boehringer Ingelheim and the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative join forces to combat vision loss from diabetes: S. Robert Levine, MD, Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative and Marianne Laouri, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim
Group Photo: