National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) Meetings
The NAEC advises the NEI about conducting and supporting research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs that address blinding eye diseases and disorders, visual function mechanisms, sight preservation, and health needs of visually impaired individuals. The group's 12 appointed members are leaders in the fields of ophthalmology, optometry, and basic sciences, as well as public policy, law, health policy, economics, and management.
- Thursday, June 14, 2018
- Thursday, January 18, 2018
- Thursday, October 12, 2017
- Thursday, June 15, 2017
- Thursday, January 19, 2017
- Thursday, October 20, 2016
- Thursday, October 8, 2015
- Thursday, June 12, 2014
- Thursday, January 23, 2014
NEI Audacious Goals Initiative
The NEI conducted a prize competition called the Challenge to Identify Audacious Goals in Vision Research and Blindness Rehabilitation to promote innovation in vision research.
- AGI Seminar Series in Neuroregeneration: Assembly of Feature-Detecting Circuits in the Retina (November 2, 2015)
Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D., Harvard University - Funding Opportunity: Addressing Technical Needs and Opportunities for Imaging the Visual System (June 5, 2014)
- NEI Audacious Goals Development Meeting Day 1 (February 24, 2013)
- NEI Audacious Goals Development Meeting Day 2 (February 25, 2013)
- NEI Audacious Goals Development Meeting Day 3 (February 26, 2013)
NEI 50th Anniversary Symposia Series
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- Vision and Immunology: Partners in an Ambiguous Relationship, March 22, 2018
- Vision and the Brain: The Contribution of Visual Systems Neuroscience to Action, Perception and Cognition, November 10, 2017
NEI 40th Anniversary Symposia Series
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- Translational Research and Vision, June 24-25th, 2010
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View the Videocast for June 25
Overview Message by Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D, NIH Director - Focus on Glaucoma, February 18-19, 2010
View the Videocast for February 18
View the Videocast for February 19 - Neuroscience and Vision, November 19-20, 2009
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View the Videocast for November 20 - Advances in Optical Imaging and Biomedical Science, June 1-2, 2009
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View the Videocast for June 2 - Genetics and Genomics in Vision, April 16-17, 2009
View the Videocast for April 17 - NEI 40th Anniversary Opening Program, April 3, 2009
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Sayer Vision Research Lecture
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- Microglia in the Retina: Roles in Health, Aging, and Disease, November 17, 2017
Wai T. Wong, M.D., Ph.D„ chief, Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute - Sequencing 10,000s of Human Genomes: Analytical Challenges and Opportunities (NIH Only), June 28, 2016
Gonçalo Abecasis, D.Phil, Center for Statistical Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan - Of Squirrels and Men: A Model for Studying Retinal Neurobiology, September 12, 2013
Wei Li, Ph.D., chief of the Retinal Neurophysiology Unit, National Eye Institute (NEI) - Self-Organization of Neural Structures in Three-Dimensional Stem Cell Cultures, April 16, 2012
Yoshiki Sasai, M.D., Ph.D., laureate of the 2012 Inoue Prize for Science - Basic Science and Clinical Application of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, June 30, 2011
Napoleone Ferrara, M.D., winner of a 2010 Lasker Award - Breeding and Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors (NIH only), March 10, 2010
Roger Tsien, Ph.D., winner of The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 - G protein-coupled Receptor Signaling in Phototransduction, October 5, 2007
Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D., John H. Hord Professor and Chair of Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University - Stemming Vision Loss with Stem Cells, May 25, 2006
Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute
Global Health Vision Lecture Series
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- Perambulations through Global Health-with an Emphasis on Vision, December 2, 2014
Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., Dean Emeritus, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and University Distinguished Service Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Scientific Presentations
- Vision Research: Breakthroughs and Clinical Care. Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH, Day 2, December 11, 2015
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NEI - Timing is Everything: Photoreceptor Signaling in Health and Disease (NIH Only), November 25, 2013
Marie Burns, Ph.D., University of California, Davis - CC Grand Rounds Lecture Series: (1) Main Results of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Disease (ACCORD) Trial in Type 2 Diabetes (2) Results of ACCORD Medical Therapies on Diabetic Retinopathy, March 30, 2011
Denise Simons-Morton, M.D., Ph.D., NHLBI and Emily Y. Chew, M.D., NEI - NIH Director's Seminars: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Perception, April 15, 2011
David Leopold, Ph.D., NIMH - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: In Search of the Holy Grail of Fly Motion Vision, March 16, 2011
Alexander Borst, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: Getting a Sense of Direction: Combination of Sensory Cues Improves Spatial Perception, March 07, 2011
Dora Angelaki, Ph.D., Washington University St. Louis - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Seeing is Believing: A Gene Therapy Success, December 15, 2010
Jean Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: Probabilistic Inference in Neural Circuits: From Humans to Insects, December 06, 2010
Alexandre Pouget, Ph.D., University of Rochester - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: Synaptic Transmission at the Ribbon Synapses of the Eye and Ear, November 01, 2010
Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D., Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: The Evolution of Primate Color Vision, September 22, 2010
Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Strategies to Slow the Onset of Blindness in Retinitis Pigmentosa, September 29, 2010
Connie Cepko, Ph.D., Harvard University - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: Binocular Function in Strabismus, April 26, 2010
Jonathan Horton, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Seriesó Retinal Stem Cells, Progenitors and Regeneration: a Bird's Eye View, December 5, 2005
Thomas Reh, Ph.D., University of Washington - NEI Symposium: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Complement Factor H, June 14, 2005
Michael Pangburn, Ph.D., University of Texas and Paul Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: A Neuronal Mechanism for Visual Spatial Attention, June 13, 2005
Robert Wurtz, Ph.D., Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, NEI - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: What is Human Stereopsis Good For?, March 16, 2005
Suzanne P. McKee, Ph.D., Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute - NIH Director's Seminars: How Cortical Neurons Support Perception in a Three Dimensional World, February 11, 2005
Bruce Cumming, Ph.D., M.D., Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, NEI - NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series: Unsuspected Roles of Firing Threshold in Visual Cortex, January 24, 2005
Matteo Carandini, Ph.D., Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute - Great Teachers Ground Rounds: Graves' Disease: The Eyes Have It, November 10, 2004
Len Wartofsky, M.D., Washington Hospital Center - NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Genomics Approaches to Photoreceptor Development and Disease, June 23, 2004
Connie Cepko, Ph.D., Harvard University - Summer Lecture Series for Students: Retinitis Pigmentosa: Genetic Retinal Photoreceptor Degenerations, July 22, 2003
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NEI - NIH Director's Seminars: Cytotoxic Effects of Oxidized Cholesterol on RPE Cells, March 7, 2003
Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D., Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, NEI - Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) News Conference, Friday, October 12, 2001
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NEI and Frederick L. Ferris III, M.D., Director of Clinical Research, NEI - NIH Director's Seminars: Interferon Regulatory Transcription Factors: Roles in Ocular Autoimmune Diseases and Tumor Regression, Friday, January 26, 2001
Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D., Laboratory of Immunology, NEI
Presentations for the General Public
- Demystifying Medicine 2013 - Vision and Blindness in the Genomic Era, April 16, 2013 Emily Chew, M.D., NEI; Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., NEI
- NEI Brown Bag: The Blind Truth: Proper Etiquette for Interacting with the Blind and Visually Impaired (NIH Only), June 03, 2013
- Focus on You Wellness Lecture Series
- Your Eyes: Windows to Your Health, May 8, 2012
Rachel J. Bishop, M.D., M.P.H, NEI - From Carrots to Cataracts: A tour of your eyes in sickness and in health (and how to keep them healthy), May 18, 2011
Rachel J. Bishop, M.D., M.P.H, NEI
- Your Eyes: Windows to Your Health, May 8, 2012
- STEP Symposium: From Amyblyopia to Zits: A Health Fair Forum (HHS Only), January 11, 2011
Various speakers including Wadih Zein, M.D., NEI - Life Works: Ophthalmologist, March 31, 2010
Emily Chew, M.D., NEI - Retinopathy of Prematurity, June 04, 2010
Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D., NEI and William V. Good., M.D., Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute - BrainPort (a device that delivers visual information to the tongue), May 18, 2009
- Demystifying Medicine: Blindness, March 17, 2009
Joram Piatigorsky, Ph.D., NEI and Robert Nussenblatt, M.D., NEI - Medicine for the Public: From Childhood Blindness to Age-related Macular Degeneration: Genes, Eye Disease and Prospects for Therapy, October 16, 2007
Paul Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NEI - Medicine for the Public: Nutritional Therapies for Age-Related Eye Diseases, October 8, 2002
Emily Chew, M.D., NEI
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