Gene With Possible Links To Alzheimer's and Retinal Dysfunction and Valacyclovir To Treat Ocular Shingles

Dr. Ashay Bhatwadekar (Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis, IN)

Dr. Bennie Jeng (University of Pennsylvania Penn Medicine - Philadelphia, PA)

Dr. Ashay Bhatwadekar, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, discusses a gene, APOE4, that could be a possible link between Alzheimer's and retinal dysfunction.

Dr. Bennie Jeng, Chair of Ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Director of Scheie Eye Institute, Penn Medicine, explains how the drug, valacyclovir, could be a possible treatment for ocular shingles.

 4/6/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Antibodies Helping Mice With Glaucoma and Study To Explore Psychological Effects Of Vision Impairment In Children

 

Dr. Sarah Victor and Dr. Adam T. Schmidt (Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX)

Dr. Raquel Lieberman (Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA)

Dr. Raquel Lieberman, Professor Of Biochemistry and Chemistry, at Georgia Tech, discusses the development of antibodies to help with the breakdown of the protein, myocilin, in treating glaucoma in mice. 

Dr. Sarah Victor and Dr. Adam T. Schmidt, Associate Professors in the Clinical Psychology Program in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University, explain a study that will explore the physical and mental inequities among children who are blind or have low vision.

3/30/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

VR System Using Both Audio and Haptic Feedback and DNA Damage Being Factor In AMD

Fabiana Sofia Ricci (New York University Tandon School of Engineering - New York, NY)

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk (University of California - Irvine - Irvine, CA)

Fabiana Sofia Ricci, PhD Candidate, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, explains a virtual reality system with a headset and belt that utilizes vibrations and beeps to alert the user to surrounding obstacles.

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Translational Vision Research, University of California - San Diego, goes over a study in mice showing how DNA damage could possibly be mitigated in the treatment of macular degeneration.

3/9/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Experimental Drug To Assist After Anti-VEGF Therapies With Wet AMD and Head Mounted Robotic Device To Help With Retinal Surgery

Dr. Akrit Sodhi (Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute - Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Paul Bernstein (University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT)

Dr. Jake Abbott (University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT)

Dr. Akrit Sodhi, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and the Branna and Irving Sisenwein Professor in Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, explains how an experimental drug, 32-134D, in mice prevented the increase of proteins, HIF-1 and angiopoietin-like 4, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which leads to the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the wet form of macular degeneration. 

Then, Dr. Paul Bernstein, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the John A. Moran Eye Center, and Dr. Jake Abbott, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Magnetic & Medical Robotics Laboratory, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, discuss how a head mounted robotic device could assist surgeons with precise movements in retinal surgery.

3/2/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Grant To Fund AI Research Into Uveitis and The Book, "A New History of Cataract Surgery"

Dr. Siamek Yousefi (University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis)

Dr. Chris Leffler (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine - Richmond)

Dr. Siamak Yousefi, Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in Memphis, discusses a grant from the National Eye Institute to fund research using artificial intelligence to better diagnose and treat different forms of uveitis, including posterior uveitis.

Then, Dr. Chris Leffler, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, in Richmond, explains how treating cataracts has changed over the decades and centuries in his book, "A New History of Cataract Surgery".

2/16/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Need For Better Predictive Glaucoma Models For Those Of African Extraction and The Association Between Visual Impairment and Glaucoma

Dr. Jennifer Chang-Wolf (Leiden University Medical Center - Leiden, Netherlands)

Dr. Pieter Bonnemaijer (Rotterdam Eye Hospital - Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Dr. Varshini Varadaraj (Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center - Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Jennifer Chang-Wolf, Physician Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center and Amsterdam University Medical Center and Dr. Pieter Bonnemaijer, PhD and MD, Glaucoma Specialist at Rotterdam Eye Hospital in the Netherlands explain the need to develop better predictive glaucoma risk models for those of African extraction to match the accuracy of those same models for those of European and Asian extraction.

Dr. Varshini Varadaraj, Research Associate and Director of Research at Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center in Baltimore discusses the association between visual impairment and dementia and the economic cost to older adults and their caregivers.

2/2/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Digital Multimodal Learning Tool, Inclusio, and Diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Vision Problems

Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz (Saint Louis University - St. Louis, MO)

Dr. Tonia Rex (Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN)

Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz, Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, at Saint Louis University in Missouri, discusses Inclusio, a revolutionary digital tool to translate graphic information into accessible formats for those with blindness and low vision. 

Then, Dr. Tonia Rex, Vice Chair For Basic and Translational Research and Professor Of Ophthalmology, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, in Nashville, explains research into finding better ways to diagnose traumatic brain injury (TBI) related vision problems.

1/19/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)