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Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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NEI Welcomes Four New Members to National Advisory Eye Council

Today four new members join the National Advisory Eye Council, an advisory body for the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH.
Butler working in the cage wash area.

NEI Employment Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities Celebrates 10 Years

Andrew Butler may be one of the hardest working people at NIH. He has to be, because he works at the NIH Central Animal Facility—home to the many rodents and other laboratory animals that are a vital part of NIH research.
National Advisory Eye Council

National Advisory Eye Council Welcomes Three New Members

The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of NIH, has appointed three new members to the National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) who are attending their first NAEC meeting as council members today.
Leaders from the University of Philippines (UP) and Philippine NIH (PNIH) met with NEI staff in May 2015. From L to R: Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik; Dr. Marie Carmela M. Lapitan, director of research management and translation, PNIH; Dr. Arlene Samaniego, vice chancellor, UP; Dr. Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz, vice chancellor for research and executive director, PNIH; Dr. Belinda Seto; Dr. Carmencita Padilla; Dr. Paul A. Sieving; Dr. Gyan Prakash, Dr. Patricia Cabrera; and Dr. Manuel Datiles.

Dr. Patricia Cabrera: Learning Genetics and Linking NEI to the Philippines

A delegation from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Philippine National Institutes of Health recently visited NEI on May 21, 2015. It was an opportunity to renew old collaborations and discuss new ones...
From left, Johnson-Thompson, Legge, and Massof after presentation of Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. Photo courtesy of Dustin Hays.

Two NEI Grantees Awarded Helen Keller Prize

Two researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), both pioneers in the study of low vision, received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research on May 5, in Denver.
National Eye Institute

NEI Welcomes New Council Members

The National Eye Institute recently appointed two new members to its National Advisory Eye Council.
From left to right: Drs. Miriam and Frederick Ferris, Dr. Emily Chew, Keller Johnson-Thompson, who is the great-grandniece of Helen Keller, and Dr. Robert Murphy, who is Dr. Chew's husband.

NEI's Ferris and Chew receive Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research

Frederick L. Ferris III, M.D., and Emily Y. Chew, M.D., who are director and deputy director of the NEI Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, have received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research.
To learn more about AGI, please visit www.nei.nih.gov/audacious/.

NEI announces funding for new imaging technology to support Audacious Goal

The National Eye Institute has announced a funding opportunity for imaging cells and tissues of the visual system.
Dr. Belinda Seto

Seto Named NEI Deputy Director

Dr. Belinda Seto joined the National Eye Institute (NEI) as its deputy director on April 7, 2014.
Dr. Jules Stein

NEI Pays Tribute to Founding Father Jules Stein

The National Eye Institute paid tribute to the late Dr. Jules Stein on Jan. 7, 2014.