Happy Holidays from the UIC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences! We wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season. And a joyful start to the New Year! #holidays #newyear #ophthalmology #eyecare #eyehealth #health

New study identifying novel retinopathy of prematurity risk loci using GWAS in a multiethnic cohort. Loved collaborating on this. Led by Xiaohui Li, Leah Owen, jpetercampbell, Jerry Rotter. Communications Biology: nature.com/articles/s4200… The Lundquist Institute OHSU Casey Eye Moran Eye Center UBuffalo

Check out this free online NIH course on clinical research principles. It is excellent. Ideal for grad students, postdocs, students (medical, dental, nursing, optometry...), or practicing clinicians & researchers. #MedTwitter Details & register: ocreco.od.nih.gov/courses/ippcr.…

Mon 3/18-3/19/2024: NEI OCT imaging symposium at NIH in Bethesda Celebrate the Lasker Award & National Medal of Technology to David Huang, Jim Fujimoto, Eric Swanson. How it's changed the field & where we are heading...! NIBIB Register: bit.ly/49ojKod

In recognition of National Women Physicians Day, celebrated Feb. 3rd, we thank all of our women physicians for their expertise and contributions to the field of ophthalmology! #ophthalmology #ophthalmologist #women #physician

We are thrilled to introduce you to our new residency class of 2028! #MatchDay #ophthalmology #Match2024 #OphthoMatch2024

⁦⁦Prevent Blindness⁩ Prevent Blindness Launches New “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Education and Support Program” as Part of Inaugural ROP Awareness Week, Feb. 26 – March 3, 2024 - Prevent Blindness preventblindness.org/rop-awareness-…

Today marks the start of #WomensHistoryMonth. Our Department would like to recognize the many women who dedicate their careers to vision care and research. Their immeasurable contributions have helped provide sight-saving care to generations of patients. #ophthalmology

Ready for #ARVO2024? NEI will have a big presence there! Meet program officers, see presentations from our intramural research program, and get the latest updates. ARVO Here’s a summary: nei.nih.gov/arvo

Congratulations to Dr. Luis Acaba-Berrocal for receiving the Heed Fellowship Award! The Society of Heed Fellows is a charitable and educational foundation that provides funding for postgraduate studies in ophthalmology and ophthalmic sciences. #ophthalmology #heedfellowship

At #ARVO2024, the NEI extramural staff hosted a session on navigating the NEI/NIH grant process. Shown: Paek Lee, CL Lantz, PhD (BRAIN). Other participants: Ed Clayton, Jimmy Le, Ashley Fortress, Renee Livshin, Susan Gillmor (Previously the NIH Center for Scientific Review), Karen Smith, Brian Hoshaw.

At #ARVO2024, NEI hosted 2 global research events: 1) Leadership meeting to discuss collaborative opportunities (led by John Prakash & Paul Chan (AAO global alliances)) 2) Myopia symposium: science & public health (led by John Prakash & Kapil Bharti)

Symposium at AOS Org meeting on equity, equality, and bias in #ophthalmology. Followed beautiful Marilyn Miller Lecture by George Bartley (Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology). Speakers: 쩜, Lou Pasquale (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Ophthalmology Residency Program at NYEE), Dimitri Azar, Lainie Ross (University of Rochester)

If you're applying for NIH funding over the next year... Make sure you're aware of changes to the grant application & peer review process beginning in January 2025. Here's a summary by Mike Lauer (This account is no longer active.): nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/04/04…

Today, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli (NIHDirector) issued a statement reinforcing the value that @NIH places on our relationships with Asian-American, Asian immigrant, and Asian researchers & their extraordinary contributions to advancing science. Link: nih.gov/about-nih/who-…

Inspiring opening keynote by Michael F. Chiang, MD on “Pushing Boundaries through Data Science, Standards, and Collaboration: Perspectives from the National Eye Institute” today @ UCLA/AUS International Workshop on Objective Measures of Intraocular Inflammation in Clinical Trials.

People with diabetes are more likely to develop binding eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts. AAO encourages those with diabetes to take proactive steps to protect their vision. #diabetes #glaucoma #cataracts

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month! 👁 People with diabetes should get annual eye exams even before they experience signs of vision loss. #ophthalmologist #ophthalmology #diabetes #eyecare #eyehealth #diabeticawareness

March is Women's History Month! Our Department would like to recognize the many women who dedicate their careers to vision care and research. #womeninmedicine #womenshistorymonth #eyecare #eyehealth #medicine #doctor #ophthalmology #ophthalmologist