DONUT Nearsightedness Study In Children and Metabolites Being Biomarkers For Glaucoma

Dr. David Berntsen (University of Houston - Houston, TX)

Dr. Pawan Singh (University of Missouri - Columbia, MO)

 Dr. David Berntsen, Clinical Sciences Department Chair and Golden-Golden Professor, College of Optometry, University of Houston, explains a clinical trial using atropine eye drops in the Delaying the Onset of Nearsightedness Until Treatment (DONUT) study.

Then, Dr. Pawan Singh, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, discusses how the metabolites, agmatine and thiamine, could be biomarkers in the early diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma.

10/12/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Deepeye TPS AI and Imaging for Wet AMD and Northwestern CEVO AI and Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma

Dr. Adam Dubis (University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT)

Dr. Nicholas Volpe (Northwestern University  - Evanston, IL)

Dr. Hao Zhang (Northwestern University - Evanston, IL)

Dr. Adam Dubis, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, John A. Moran Eye Center, explains how deepeye TPS (Therapy Planning Support) assists in personalizing treatment of the "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration.

Dr. Nicholas J. Volpe, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, George W. and Edwina S. Tarry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr. Hao Zhang, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, explain how Center for Engineering in Vision and Ophthalmology (CEVO) engineers have collaborated with ophthalmologists to advance personalized glaucoma treatment with AI and high resolution imaging.

10/5/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Space-Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) and Identifying Certain Brain Circuits Responsible For Visual Acuity

 

Dr. Tyson Brunstetter (NASA Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX)

Dr. Farran Briggs (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Dr. Tyson Brunstetter, NASA Johnson Space Center Clinical Lead In Eyes and Vision, discusses SANS, Space-associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome, which can affect the vision of astronauts, with the movement of fluids in the eyes and brain in microgravity.

Then, Dr. Farran Briggs, Senior Investigator in the Thalamocortical Visual Processing Section and the Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, explains research identifying certain brain circuits responsible for visual acuity in ferrets by studying neurons along the X and Y pathways in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN).

9/21/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Vision Loss and Falls Leading To Greater Mortality Risk And Female Sex Hormones Affect On RP In Mice

Dr. Shu Xu (University of Michigan Institute For Social Research - Ann Arbor, MI)

Dr. Katherine Wert (University of Texas - Southwestern - Dallas, TX)

Ashley Rowe (University of Texas - Southwestern - Dallas, TX)

Dr. Shu Xu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan Institute For Social Research, discusses the relationship among vision loss, falls, and mortality risk for seniors.

Dr. Katherine Wert, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology with a secondary affiliation in the Department of Molecular Biology, and Ashley Rowe, Graduate Student, Wert Lab, at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, go over how female sex hormones affect the progression of retinitis pigmentosa in mice.

9/7/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Hapware AlEye Converting Facial Expressions Into Haptic Feedback And Low Vision Services At Southern College Of Optometry

Hapware AlEye (Hapware - Golden, CO)

Dr. Karen Squier (Souther College of Optometry - Memphis, TN)

Jack Walters, Co-Founder and CEO of Hapware in Golden, Colorado, explains the AlEye smart glasses, which utilize computer vision and haptic feedback to convert facial expressions into physical sensations that can be felt through a wristband.

Then, Dr. Karen Squier, Chief of Low Vision Services at Southern College of Optometry, discusses the school's low vision services including Ray Ban Meta Glasses.

8/31/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

NIH Grant For New AMD Gene Therapy Method And Link Between Interleukin-6 Protein and Diabetic Eye Disease

Dr. Glenn Yiu (University of California, Davis - Davis, CA)

Dr. Stephen J. Kim (Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN)

 

Dr. Glenn Yiu, Director of Teleophthalmology and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis, explains a National Institutes of Health grant to fund research into a new method into injecting gene therapy into the eye to treat macular degeneration.

Dr. Stephen J. Kim, Phyllis G. and William B. Snyder Chair and Retina Division Chief, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, discusses research linking interleukin-6, a protein, with diabetic eye disease.

8/17/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Effects Of Blue Light and PEDF Peptide Eye Drops To Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa In Mice

Dr. Nicole Bajic (Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH)

Dr. Patricia Becerra (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Dr. Nicole Bajic, Ophthalmologist and Director of Media and Communications, Cole Eye Institute, and Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, goes over blue light, the sources of blue light, and the effects of blue light on sleep-wake cycles and the eye.

Dr. Patricia Becerra, Senior Investigator, Head of the Protein Structure and Function Section, National Eye Institute, discusses how pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) peptide eye drops have been used in research to treat mice with retinitis pigmentosa.

8/3/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)