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Jun 21, 2022
Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces Leadership Changes
Jason Menzo named chief executive officer • Russell Kelley, PhD, MBA, appointed managing director of the RD Fund • Ben Yerxa, PhD, to lead Opus Genetics, the first RD Fund- and Foundation-backed spin-off company.
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Mar 28, 2019
Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces Staffing Changes to Enhance Strategic Direction
The Foundation announces several staffing changes with a focus on new strategies to increase awareness and engagement with the community.
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Apr 13, 2016
Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces Leadership Succession Plan After 45 Year Legacy
David Brint has been elected Chairman, effective July 1, 2016. Brint succeeds co-founder and current Chairman, Gordon Gund, who will remain a member of the Board of Directors and will continue to be actively involved in the Foundation’s Research Oversight Committee
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Jun 16, 2020
Foundation Fighting Blindness to Host Virtual VISIONS 2020 Conference
The national conference will be held virtually on June 25-27, providing the latest in science and research, practical adapting and thriving, and an opportunity to connect with others who are visually impaired.
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PRPH2 and Associated Retinal Diseases (PARD) Science Award
Overview and application instructions for the PRPH2 and Associated Retinal Diseases (PARD) Science Award
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Aug 5, 2020
Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Retinal Degeneration Fund
In 2018, the Foundation Fighting Blindness launched a venture philanthropy investment arm called the Retinal Degeneration (RD) Fund to help companies and researchers advance promising treatments for inherited retinal diseases into and through early-stage human studies. Currently, the RD Fund has allocated about 75% of its $72 million fund to eight investments.
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May 3, 2018
ARVO 2018: Dr. Stephen Daiger Reports on the State of Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Diseases
ARVO 2018: Dr. Stephen Daiger Reports on the State of Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Diseases
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Aug 21, 2023
Life as a Teen with Retinitis Pigmentosa
At a mere 15 years old, Ava Ruggiero’s world shifted when she received a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa. As Ava continues to find balance as a student and athlete, she discusses the challenges of navigating her diagnosis alongside her parents, Joseph and Stephanie.
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Apr 16, 2024
Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 64: Dr. Kapil Bharti
Kapil Bharti, PhD, a senior investigator and director of the Intramural Research Program at the National Eye Institute (NEI), talks with host Ben Shaberman about his clinical trial underway for an innovative cell therapy for geographic atrophy (advanced dry age-related macular degeneration) as well as a clinical trial of the drug metformin for Stargardt disease.
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May 9, 2019
Eye Bonds provide the opportunity to advance, and accelerate development for, more promising treatments into and through clinical trials and out to the people who need them.