Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
From UW–Madison Vet Med’s On Call Newsletter, November 2007 The School of Veterinary Medicine is well-represented in the new Eye Research Institute that has been established on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Two of the inaugural 12 members of the Institute’s Leadership Committee are from the School: Drs. Richard Dubielzig (pathological sciences) and Christopher Murphy …
Originally posted: Wisconsin State Journal, Fri., Sept. 14, 2007 Until recently, retinoblastoma was something most people had never heard of. But the tragic news that the daughter of NBA player Derek Fisher was diagnosed with this cancer in one of her eyes brought the devastating disease into the national spotlight. My thoughts and prayers immediately …
From UW–Madison News, Aug. 17, 2007 In collaboration with Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, a team from the Department of Life Sciences Communication is spending a week at Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, collaborating with LCOCC staff on a youth science media camp for 24 middle- and high-school tribal students. “Land and Identity” is the …
The Retina Research Foundation, established by UW alum Dr. Alice McPherson in Houston, TX, 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, will be the first recipient of the Retina Research Foundation (RRF) Emmett …
From ARVO News, Summer 2007 For the fourth time ever, at its 2007 Annual Meeting, ARVO held a Research Grant Administrators Workshop for grant administrators from universities, foundations, and institutions. The focus of this year’s workshop was (1) implementation of the year-old SFS 424 (R&R) grant application and (2) communications between and expectations of granting …