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)