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Rockville, Md. - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today the 2023 recipients of its annual Advocacy Awards: Achievements in Eye and Vision Advocacy Award ― Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi, RN, PhD, (Moorfields National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, U.K.) and Rohan Bir Singh, MD (Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, U.S.)

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation has named David A. Atchison, PhD, DSc, as the 2024 recipient of the Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today that Sally L. Baxter, MD, MSc, is the 2024 recipient of the Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award.

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Alyssa L. Lie, PhD, BOptom (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Tarsis Gesteira Ferreira, MSc, PhD (University of Houston, Texas) have been named the inaugural recipients of the ARVO Foundation Research Catalyst Awards.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Neil Lagali, PhD (Linköping University, Sweden) and Mehrdad Rafat, PhD  (LinkoCare Life Sciences AB /NaturaLens AB, Sweden) — recipients of the 2023 Point of View Award.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today the recipients of the 2023 ARVO Foundation Collaborative Research Fellowship: Marianna Hollaender, MD; Rodrigo Riedel, PhD; Paula Tenconi, PhD.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today that Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD, has won the 2024 Carl Camras Translational Research Award.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today the 2024 recipients of the Dr. David L. Epstein Award: Yvonne Ou, MD (mentor) and Tyson Kim, MD, PhD.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates David Zacks, MD, PhD — 2023 recipient of the Kreissig Award for Excellence in Retinal Surgery.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD — 2024 recipient of the Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in Retina. The award recognizes an early-career investigator who has discovered a novel drug, technique, or the understanding of a mechanism of disease that impacts the understanding and/or treatment of a retinal disease or condition.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Diana C. Lozano, PhD, who was awarded the 2024 Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority (URM) Emerging Vision Scientists. Lozano will receive a two-year grant totaling $100,000 to support research and personnel costs for establishing an independent vision research program.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates the St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (SJEHG) — 2023 winner of the António Champalimaud Vision Award.

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Last month at its 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, La., the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) welcomed Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, MBA, FARVO, as its new president for April 2023 – May 2024. A member for more than 40 years, D’Amore is a Gold Fellow of ARVO (FARVO) ― a recognition of her individual accomplishments, leadership, and contributions to the Association.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today that Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, MD, PhD (University of Cambridge, U.K.), is the 2023 recipient of the Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates Tasneem Khatib DM, FRCOphth—recipient of the 2022 Point of View Award. Established by the Point of View Foundation (Fundació Punt de Vista), the award provides a $20,000 cash prize in recognition of an outstanding scholarly article related to efforts to restore vision through regenerative ophthalmology, biotechnology, whole eye transplantation or other approaches.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today that the 2023 recipient of the Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision Research is Lisa Ostrin, OD, PhD, FARVO. In recognition of this achievement, she will receive a $1,250 honorarium, an inscribed award and invitations to special events at the ARVO Annual Meeting. She will also present a lecture during an invited speaker session at ARVO 2023.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today the 2023 recipients of the Dr. David L. Epstein Award:Since 2016, the Dr. David L. Epstein Award has been given annually to a well-established senior investigator with a documented history of conducting eye and vision research in glaucoma and of mentoring clinician-scientists to independent academic and research careers.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation announced today the recipients of the 2023 Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award:Granted annually to young investigators working in areas of translational research, each recipient will be awarded $12,000.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Miguel Flores-Bellver, PhD, recipient of the 2023 Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in Retina. The award recognizes an early-career investigator who has made a novel discovery that impacted the understanding and/or treatment of a retinal disease or condition.

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Rockville, Md.—The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Demetrios G. Vavvas, MD, PhD, the 2022 recipient of the Kreissig Award for Excellence in Retinal Surgery. Established by Ingrid Kreissig, MD, through the ARVO Foundation, the $30,000 award recognizes excellence in the understanding of the mechanisms of retinal disease requiring surgical management, innovative approaches to management, and/or outcomes of surgical treatment.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today the recipients of the 2023 ARVO Foundation Collaborative Research Fellowship: José Arthur Milhomens Filho, MD; Maria Constanza Paz, PhD; Raba Thapa, PhD.With the goal of strengthening ophthalmic research capacities worldwide, the Fellowship pairs early-career researchers from developing countries with collaborating scientists in well-established research laboratories.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation congratulates Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, the 2023 recipient of the Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority (URM) Emerging Vision Scientists. Arthur will receive a two-year grant totaling $100,000 to support research and personnel costs for establishing an independent vision research program.

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Rockville, Md. - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today the 2022 recipients of its annual Advocacy Awards:The Achievements in Eye and Vision Advocacy Award recognizes ARVO members who have dedicated the core of their impressive careers to advancing the eye and vision research field through advocacy at every level.

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This month the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) welcomed its 2022 - 23 president, Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA, FARVO. A member for more than 40 years, Grossniklaus is a Gold Fellow of ARVO (FARVO) ― a recognition of individual accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Association.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today that Robert P. Finger, MD, MIH, PhD, of the University of Bonn, Germany, is the 2022 recipient of the Ludwig Von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates the inaugural winners of the Point of View Award: Dasha Nelidova, MBChB, PhD and Botond Roska, MD, PhD. The award recognizes significant research that may advance the ability to restore sight.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates Cammi Valdez, PhD, the 2022 recipient of the Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority (URM) Emerging Vision Scientists.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) today announced Paulo J. M. Bispo, MS, PhD, of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School is the 2022 recipient of the Mallinckrodt Uveitis Research Fellowship.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) today announced the recipients of the Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award. The 2022 awardees are: - PremNandhini Satgunam, BS(Opt), MS, PhD, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India - Jee Myung Yang, MD, PhD, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates Rajeev H. Muni, MD, the first recipient of the Kreissig Award for Excellence in Retinal Surgery. Established by Ingrid Kreissig, MD, through the ARVO Foundation, the $30,000 award recognizes an investigator who has developed clinical insights into the long-term surgical and functional outcomes after retinal detachment repair.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) today announced the 2022 recipients of the ARVO Foundation Collaborative Research Fellowship: Ali Al-Timemy, PhD; Shikha Gupta, MD; Diana Pérez-Ibave, PhD. Fellows receive a $10,000 award to support a one-year project.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) today announced Joanne Wood, PhD, is the 2022 recipient of the Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision Research. Wood's body of research has made a significant contribution to health practice and policy, including advice to licensing bodies and health professionals regarding driver licensing standards, and has been translated into standards.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) congratulates Magdalena Renner, MD, recipient of the 2022 Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in Retina. The award recognizes an early-career investigator who has made a novel discovery that impacted the understanding and/or treatment of a retinal disease or condition.

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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) today recognized the 2021 class of its popular Women’s Leadership Development Program (WLDP).