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)

Seeing AI's Find My Things Feature and Wavelength Treatment For Myopia Being Treated

Saqib Shaikh (Microsoft - Redmond, WA)

Dr. Safal Khanal (University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL)

Saqib  Shaikh, Founder and Lead of Seeing AI for Microsoft, explains the object finding function, Find My Things, of the Seeing AI app.

Dr. Safal Khanal, Assistant Professor in Department of Optometry and Vision Science, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, explains a wavelength treatment being tested for children with myopia.

11/24/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Discrimination Against Guide Dog Users By Uber and Lyft and Testing Of Valacyclovir In Treatment of Shingles-Related Eye Problems

Chris Danielsen (National Federation of the Blind - Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Elisabeth Cohen (NYU Grossman School of Medicine - New York, NY)

Chris Danielsen, Director Of Public Relations, for the National Federation Of The Blind in Baltimore, discusses how guide dog users have been denied rides from ride-sharing services, Uber and Lyft.

Then, Dr. Elisabeth Cohen, Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, at New York University Grossman School of Medicine at NYU Langone Health, explains how a drug, valacyclovir (Valtrex), is being tested to treat eye complications resulting from shingles.

 

11/10/2024 (Click Image Below)

Difficulties Interpreting Nonverbal Cues For BLV and Experimental Wayfaring and Backtracking Apps Developed At UC-Santa Cruz

Dr. Jeffry Ricker (Scottsdale, AZ)

Dr. Roberto Manduchi (University of California-Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA)

Dr. Jeffry Ricker, a freelance health writer living in Scottsdale, Arizona, who is now blind, explains how those who are blind or have low vision have difficulties interpreting nonverbal cues in interactions with sighted speakers.

Then, Dr. Roberto Manduchi, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz, discusses experimental wayfinding and backtracking apps at his lab that don't require a smartphone to be held in front of the user.

10/27/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)