NEI Research News

Dr. David Hubel, a founder of modern neuroscience who helped decipher how our brains perceive what our eyes see, passed away on Sunday, September 22. He was 87.

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has announced funding opportunities for two new high priority research areas.

At the suggestion of a National Eye Institute employee who is deaf, NIH recently amended its official mission statement.

Stephen J. Ryan, M.D., highly regarded for his leadership and tireless advocacy on behalf of the NEI, passed away April 29, 2013.

Three researchers supported in part by NEI have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit organization that advises the U.S. government on matters of science and technology.

The National Eye Institute mourns the loss of M. Velma Dobson, Ph.D., a long-time advisor and expert on NEI clinical research studies in infants and children. She passed away on Friday, April 9 from Lou Gehrig’s disease.

NEI support leading to gene therapy clinical trials for people with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) consisted of significant efforts by investigators in the intramural laboratories at the NEI.

The National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the Federal government’s National Institutes of Health, recently published its latest planning document, National Plan for Eye and Vision Research. 

The Senate Appropriations Committee, in its report accompanying the fiscal year 1997 Appropriations Bill, has requested a report from the National Eye Institute (NEI).