Dear Readers,
In this issue, you’ll read about last week’s fascinating webinar featuring Dr. Thomas V. Johnson and the exciting progress in his lab’s work on vision-restoring therapy at Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. This was a follow-up to a webinar one year ago that is the most-watched webinar ever on our website, with over 70,000 viewers. Dr. Johnson has received partial funding for this important project from the Foundation via several named grants.
Our next webinar, coming up on Thursday, September 12, features Dr. Janey L. Wiggs of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Physician-scientist Dr. Wiggs is a pioneer and international leader in ocular genetics. She will speak on The Role of Genetics in Glaucoma Diagnosis & Prevention. You won’t want to miss it.
Looking further into the future, I am delighted to announce that Dr. Michael Chiang, Director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), will be speaking at TGF’s International Think Tank next summer.
We so appreciate and thank you for your interest and your support. It gives encouragement and meaning to the work that we do on behalf of patients, scientists, and physicians.
