Monday, March 4, 2024

New Risk Genes Identified for Glaucoma for Those With African Ancestry And Polymers Being Used To Treat Wet Macular Degeneration

Dr. Joan O'Brien (University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA)

Dr. Eydie Miller (University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA)

Dr. Nathan Gianneschi (Northwestern University - Evanston, IL)

Dr. Jeremy Lavine (Northwestern University - Chicago, IL)


Dr. Joan O'Brien, professor of ophthalmology and director of the Penn Center for Genetics of Complex Disease and Dr. Eydie Miller, professor of clinical ophthalmology and director of glaucoma at the Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania go over new risk genes identified for glaucoma for those with African ancestry.

Dr. Nathan Gianneschi, Jacob and Rosaline Cohn at Northwestern University in Evanston and Dr. Jeremy Lavine, assistant professor of ophthalmology, at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, explain how polymers could potentially be used to treat the wet form of macular degeneration.

3/10/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Friday, February 23, 2024

Materials, Equipment, Programs, and Other Resources Offered By NLS (National Library Service For Blind and Print Disabled)

NLS - Washington, DC

Kristen Fernekes, head of communications and outreach, for National Library Service For Blind and Print Disabled, explains the various materials, types of equipment, programs, and other resources offered by NLS.  Fernekes also goes over who the NLS serves.  

2/25/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Friday, February 16, 2024

Accuracy And Need Of AI Diabetic Eye Exams In African-American and Latino Communities

Dr. Risa Wolf (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Baltimore, MD)


Dr. Risa Wolf, an associate professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, explains the accuracy and need of artificial intelligence diabetic eye exams in African-American and Latino communities.   

2/18/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Friday, January 12, 2024

Low Macular Pigment Density As Possible Warning For Glaucoma and Sickle Cell Disease Leading To Possible Vision Loss

Dr. Yao Liu (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI)

Julie Mares, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI)

Dr. Mary Ellen Hoehn (University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis, TN)


The University of Wisconsin's Dr. Yao Liu, Director of the Teleophthalmology Program and an Investigator at McPherson Eye Research Institute at University of Wisconsin at Madison and Julie Mares, Ph.D., Professor, with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Wisconsin at Madison explain how low macular pigment density can be a possible warning for glaucoma.

Then, Dr. Mary Ellen Hoehn, Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, will discuss how sickle cell disease can possibly lead to vision loss in children and adults.

1/14/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Friday, January 5, 2024

IT Communications Analyst Remaining Active After Diagnosis With Retinitis Pigmentosa

Angela Woon (University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, CA)

Angela Woon, an IT communications analyst at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses moving to the United States from Malaysia and continuing to live an active life as a runner, cook, traveler and author following her diagnosis with retinitis pigmentosa.

1/7/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Victor Reader Stream 3 with TuneIn App and Study Comparing Two Different Surgeries For Exotropia

Victor Reader Stream 3 (Humanware - Longueuil, Quebec, Canada)

Dr. Sean Donahue (Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Nashville, TN)

Mathieu Paquette, Product Manager at Humanware, discusses the Victor Reader Stream 3, a handheld digital audio player featuring a fully tactile interface, which is now accessible with the TuneIn app.

Then, Dr. Sean Donahue, Coleman Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatric Ophthalmology Division Chief, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, explains a study comparing the results of two different types of surgeries to treat exotropia, a form of strabismus.

12/31/2023 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Friday, December 1, 2023

Sensory Substitution Transforming Visual Images Into Sounds and Microglia's Role In Diabetic Retinopathy In Mice

Dr. Josef Rauschecker (Georgetown University - Washington, DC)

Dr. Charles Pfeifer (Washington University - St. Louis, MO)

Dr. Josef Rauschecker, professor of neuroscience and co-director of Georgetown Center for Neuroengineering, in Washington, D.C., explains the idea of how the blind can "see" facial images by using a device that uses "sensory substitution" transforming visual images into sounds by using a computer chip.

Then, Dr. Charles Pfeifer, postdoctoral research doctoral in Dr. Rajendra Apte's lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explains the role of microglia in the development of diabetic retinopathy in mice and how eye injections of a molecule called CD200Fc disrupted the harmful activation of the harmful microglia in the diabetic mice.

12/3/2023 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

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