Last week marked Chairman Tom Cole's (R-OK) first full week as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee after Chair Kay Granger (R-TX) unexpectedly stepped down. Since assuming the chairmanship, he has already restructured several Appropriations subcommittees (with more changes expected)

 Pictured Left to Right: Congressional Briefing Speakers – Dan Ignaszewski, Executive Director, NAEVR/AEVR and Amir Kashani, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine In observance of February as the annual Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision

In 2023, NAEVR led appropriations efforts for FY2024 NEI funding. Although Congress has not yet finalized FY2024 appropriations (the government is currently operating under a “laddered” CR until March 8 for the LHHS bill), the House-passed bill proposes a decrease

We’re pleased to announce the 2024 Boards of Directors for NAEVR and AEVR. Steven Feldon, MD, MBA, was named as the President of the Boards for NAEVR and AEVR and is entering his eighth year on the Boards of Directors

From left: AEVR Executive Director Dan Ignaszewski, Jeffrey Walline, OD, PhD (Ohio State University College of Optometry) and Michael X. Repka, MD, MBA (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a prevalent vision condition affecting

The class of the Ninth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day (see names in the box below) who participated in the AEVR and NAEVR events reflecting the breadth of breakthrough vision research and were nominated by their Departments of Ophthalmology or