Press Releases
The 2023 Helen Keller Laureates Gustavo D. Aguirre, VMD, PhD, Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, Samuel G. Jacobson, MD, PhD (posthumously), Albert M. Maguire, MD, and T. Michael Redmond, PhD, were awarded the 2023 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research on April 25 by BrightFocus Foundation and the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education.
BrightFocus Foundation was honored on April 22 by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in New Orleans.
BrightFocus Foundation, an international nonprofit funder of brain and vision research, recognized five leading vision scientists for their ideas to prevent, treat, and cure macular degeneration and glaucoma during the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
BrightFocus Foundation will support a new five-year research initiative in Canada that will study the aging brain and identify how to reduce the risks of dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment.
Register for our new Zoom in on Dementia & Alzheimer’s program, a free, monthly, virtual discussion series featuring medical experts.
Read about some of the ways BrightFocus Foundation is taking action to reduce health disparities and inequities among underrepresented communities and better meet the precise health needs of these populations.
In recognition of Macular Degeneration Awareness Month this February, BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to ending diseases of mind and sight, is offering a variety of free educational resources to help individuals with macular degeneration and their loved ones navigate the disease.
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, and BrightFocus Foundation is offering a variety of free educational resources to help individuals with glaucoma and their loved ones navigate the disease.
Global brain and vision research nonprofit BrightFocus Foundation has appointed digital health executive, entrepreneur, and speaker Paul A. Campbell as a new member of its board of directors.
More than 75 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early-career scientists from around the world participated in this year’s BrightFocus Alzheimer’s Fast Track, Nov. 9-11, 2022, in San Diego.
