For Millions of children and adults, the world can be blurry, distorted or hardly visible at all, and the suffering this causes can be immense. The problem of vision loss is awesome, the solutions urgent and the prospects promising.
Eye Institute physicians have literally saved the sight of thousands of people through sophisticated surgical techniques and medical interventions, but we have miles yet to run in our quest to discover the 'how' and 'why' of eye disease.
Since we opened our doors more than thirty years ago, Eye Institute researchers have diligently worked to understand the causes of eye disease. Discoveries in the lab, made possible in part through private funding of research endeavors, have produced new knowledge resulting in an improved understanding and more effective methods of treating such disorders as color blindness, macular degeneration, viral infections of the eye, retinal disorders and glaucoma.
Because of your support, we remain among the preeminent eye research centers in the country and continue to generate vital information in the worldwide effort to cure blinding eye disease. Your eye sight is a precious and fragile gift and improving, restoring and preserving it is the driving force behind the Eye Institute's programs.
Funding priorities: Postdoctoral research fellowships, research venture funds, equipment and endowed professorships. Read more about how to give.