Sternberg lands top award from Macula Society During the recent Macula Society annual meeting, Paul Sternberg Jr., MD, G. W. Hale Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, received the organization’s highest honor, the Gass Medal for outstanding contributions in the study of macular diseases. The award was created […]
Eye Institute receives $10 million gift for vision research efforts The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) has received a $10 million gift — the Institute’s largest to date — that will fund regenerative visual neuroscience research to develop transformative therapies for eye diseases. While the donor family wants to remain anonymous, the impact of the gift […]
Two Faculty receive Catalyst Awards for their Research Congratulations to both Dr. Sabine Fuhrmann and Dr. Kevin Schey for being awarded the prestigious Research to Prevent Blindness / American Macular Degeneration Foundation Catalyst Award for Innovative Research Approaches for Age-Related Macular Degeneration! These awards are given by the Research to Prevent Blindness Trustees, funded by […]
Findings on eye-signal blending re-examine Nobel-winning research Look at an object, cover one eye at a time, and the object appears to jump back and forth. Stare at it with both eyes working, and we take for granted a complicated process of the brain combining the signals into one, giving us a clear view and […]
Casagrande honored in special issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology This Special Issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology is dedicated to the memory of Vivien Casagrande, who died at home on January 21, 2017, after over a year fighting cancer. She loved her work, and struggled to continue until the end, coming to […]
In Memory – Dr. Robert Fox Robert Fox, an emeritus Vanderbilt professor who was renowned internationally for his landmark studies of human and animal vision, died Dec. 12. He was 86 years old. Fox, professor of psychology, emeritus, died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a short illness. A memorial service is being planned for […]
Adriane Seiffert won the Harriet S. Gilliam Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer The Gilliam Award was established in 1995 in memory of Harriet S. Gilliam, B.A., 1966. The award recognizes a lecturer or senior lecturer who has achieved excellence in teaching undergraduates. Candidates may be either full- or part-time and must […]
NEI grants help bolster glaucoma research efforts Two Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) researchers were recently awarded National Eye Institute (NEI) Audacious Goals Initiative (AGI) for Regenerative Medicine grants for $6.8 million over five years to develop new treatments for optic neuropathies and glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness. The NEI program, part of the National […]
Casagrande honored at the 2018 Society for Neuroscience Conference At a ceremony yesterday at meetings of the Society for Neuroscience our friend and colleague Vivien Casagrande was announced as the 2018 winner of the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor Award. Named in honor of the late Paticia Goldman-Rakic, this award is given posthumously for recognition […]
