Displaying items by tag: department of ophthalmology and visual sciences
Experts from UAB’s School of Optometry and UAB Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinics provide guidance for keeping your eyes safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Social distancing can be tough. A UAB clinical psychologist has some pointers for good mental health.
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One woman’s mysterious illness left her searching for answers, and all it took was having someone listen.
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Kong is the co-founder of KultureCity — a nonprofit focused on inclusion and accessibility for individuals with invisible challenges, such as children with autism or veterans with PTSD.
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These findings have important implications for caregiver behavioral health programs designed to promote resilience and draw upon caregiver strengths when taking on a caregiver role.
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People with vision impairments face substantial challenges in tasks of everyday living that can significantly limit their participation in healthy lifestyle choices.
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Researchers will study innovative strategies to better engage populations most at risk, most vulnerable, and least likely to have access to eye care to detect and manage glaucoma and other eye diseases in community-based settings.
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The event will feature structured learning opportunities and a resource fair, along with a picnic supper and McWane Center’s adventure exhibits.
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The Family Playbook is a group dedicated to providing support, education, coping skills and resources to adolescents and families who are trying to navigate the “what now?” of concussionsThe Family Playbook is a group dedicated to providing support, education, coping skills and resources to adolescents and families who are trying to navigate the “what now?” of concussions.
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Curcio holds the White-McKee Endowed Professorship in Ophthalmology at UAB.
Panel member selection is based on a variety of factors, including scientific track record and experience with leading NIH-funded or other significant research efforts.
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The award will be presented at the 8th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit in Washington, D.C., on July 17.
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Kwon will receive $300,000 to support her research.
Swanner has served as the medical director for the Ophthalmology Services Foundation and Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics for more than 10 years.
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The CRU provides research infrastructure for patient-oriented research in the areas of eye disease and vision impairment.
Lolley has worked as a comprehensive ophthalmologist at Callahan Eye Hospital for more than 20 years.
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To sustain its world-class research program, the Eyesight Foundation of Alabama, the International Retinal Research Foundation and UAB have made a generous $15 million philanthropic commitment to the department’s future.
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Vision scientists publish findings of how retinal neurons govern the perceptual process of human spatial integration.
The award recognizes an individual for his or her role in furthering low-vision research and rehabilitation.
This finding was the first genotype-functional phenotype association found in AMD research.