UW Eye Research Institute

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ERI Receives New Endowed Chair

The Retina Research Foundation (RRF) Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Directorship will provide the Director of the UW Eye Research Institute with support for his or her research program. Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, the inaugural Director of the ERI, is the chair’s first recipient.

“This Directorship is representative of the support and commitment that the RRF and its members make to advancing research into the causes and cures of retinal and other eye diseases,” says Dr. Albert. “I am honored to hold this title, which reflects our common mission of increasing the understanding of normal vision and of eye diseases.”