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Jul 22, 2022 | UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Shine the Light
Looking on the Bright Side
Fran Newman a voracious reader and writer was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which made her legally blind in one eye. After becoming acquainted with the eye institute and attending a presentation by Director Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD, she joined the eye institute's support group for AMD and low vision. Through the low vision rehabilitation program at UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, she received guidance from occupational therapist Nilima Tanna, and she has been able to remain independent and continues to do what she loves.
Jul 21, 2022 | UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Shine the Light
Bringing Visibility to Keratoconus
UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute's cornea specialist, Sam Garg, MD, is a strong advocate of the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF), an outreach program of UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. Dr. Garg and his wife are passionate about NKCF's mission, and besides being strong advocates, they are also generous donors.
Jul 10, 2022 | UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Shine the Light
UCI Health Welcomes New Low-vision Optometrist
Optometrist Karen Lin, OD, developed a passion for helping people with impaired vision as a young National Eye Institute research intern at UC Berkeley. Eighteen years later, Lin is excited to join our department faculty and the eye institute’s Low Vision Rehabilitation Program, which combines the research and clinical expertise expected of an academic medical center with a hands-on occupational therapy approach to help low vision patients navigate their daily lives.
Apr 11, 2022 | UCI News
Kris Palczewski, PhD is blazing a trail of innovative reseearch
Kris Palczewski, Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, is blazing a trail of innovative research
Jul 02, 2021 | UCI Health Live Well Magazine
UCI team readies universal coronavirus vaccine prototype for human trials
Scientists with the UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute have designed a promising vaccine prototype aimed at preventing all coronavirus strains and variants, not just the one that causes COVID-19.
Apr 07, 2020
Establishment of the Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) as a provisional Organized Research Unit
The Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) is established as a provisional Organized Research Unit under the Direction of Professor Krzystof Palczewski and Clinical Co-Director Baruch Kuppermann.
Jan 20, 2018
UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute benefactor, Josephine Gleis, Passes Away
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute officials mourn the passing of longtime UC Irvine benefactor Josephine Gleis. She was 105 years old.
Nov 01, 2009 | Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
A Prospective Study of the Longitudinal Effects of an Embedded Specialty Curriculum on Physical Examination Skills Using an Ophthalmology Model
Medical students trained to perform basic eye screening lose their skill without regular reinforcement, according to a new study by UC Irvine professor Linda S. Lippa, M.D.
Oct 24, 2009 | Toxicology in vitro
Measuring depth of injury (DOI) in an isolated rabbit eye irritation test (IRE) using biomarkers of cell death and viability
A team led by UC Irvine professor James V. Jester has successfully used fluorescent staining and biomarkers to determine the depth of injury to damaged eye tissue.
Jul 31, 2009
Using a femtosecond blade-less laser to correct astigmatism
A study led UC Irvine’s Dr. Marjan Farid shows that patients whose astigmatism was corrected with a femtosecond blade-less laser recovered faster than those treated with conventional lasers.