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, 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)

Obstacles To Braille Literacy and Whole Eye Transplant Research

Dr. Robert Englebretson (Rice University - Houston, TX)

Dr. Kia Washington (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus - Aurora, CO)

Dr. Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics, at Rice University in Houston, discusses the obstacles to Braille literacy and the need for much research into Braille by those with varying backgrounds.

Then, Dr. Kia Washington, Professor Of Surgery, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Center explains how an award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is being used to fund the development of a successful whole eye transplant.  

 

12/22/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)

TIMP3 Protein To Slow Drusen Formation and Braille and Its History

 

Dr. Ruchira Singh (University of Rochester - Rochester, NY)

Dr. Robert Englebretson (Rice University - Houston, TX)

Dr. Ruchira Singh, Deans Professor Of Ophthalmology, of the University of Rochester in New York, explains how the protein, TIMP3, can slow drusen formation in treating age-related macular degeneration.

Then, Dr. Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics, at Rice University in Houston discusses braille and the history of many tactile writing systems.

12/1/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)