Boston, MA – June 3, 2024 – The National Braille Press has announced that Steve Landau, founder of Touch Graphics Inc., has received the prestigious Touch of Genius Prize for 2024. This accolade is in recognition of Touch Graphics’ innovative educational product, T3 Games, which has been making significant strides in tactile literacy education.
Congratulations to Dr. Natela Shanidze for receiving a five-year NEI Research (R01) Grant on Oculomotor Demands for Target Stabilization without Central Vision.
Congratulations to Dr. Christian Sinnott for receiving the National Eye Institute (NEI | NIH) Travel Award to attend the Vision Sciences Society Conference.
Congratulations to Dr. Haydée García-Lázaro for receiving the Elsevier Vision Research Travel Award to attend the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Conference.
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI) is proud to announce its extensive participation in the 24th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), held from May 17 to May 22, 2024. This leading conference, taking place in St. Pete Beach, Florida, features a diverse array of presentations from SKERI scientists, highlighting cutting-edge research in vision science.
History has been made!
Researchers from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute are set to unveil their newest findings at the upcoming Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on May 5th through the 9th. Their presentations promise to shed new light on various aspects of vision impairment and treatment.
Congratulations to Dr. Christian Sinnott, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the Eye-Head Movement Lab for being selected to the Vision Sciences Society's (VSS) Student-Postdoc Advisory Committee (SPC).
On April 18, 2024 SKERI scientists enjoyed the beautiful Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School campus while offering its students hands-on, experiential, and interactive examples of SKERI's scientists' work.
Smith-Kettlewell’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Blindness and Low Vision, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), supports eight projects related to visual impairmen