NAEVR/AEVR News
JAMA Ophthalmology Publishes AEVR COVID Conversation in its July 1, 2021, edition
On Thursday, July 1, JAMA Ophthalmology published a written article based on AEVR’s September 2020 30-minute video conversation with 22 Emerging Vision Scientists (EVSs) about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lab closures on the next generation of vision scientists. This article joins the growing literature about the pandemic’s impact – in addition to the articles cited as refences by AEVR.
Potential Impact of COVID-19 Disruptions on the Next Generation of Vision Scientists
The original 30-minute video conversation appears here.
On Tuesday, September 21, AEVR will premiere a new 30-minute video entitled “Moving Beyond COVID-19 in My Career Pathway.” From preliminary discussions with the 28 EVSs participating in this year’s program, the past challenges were not without opportunity, as the break enabled some to re-imagine their research, become better communicators and collaborators, and think more fully about their grant submissions. As with last year’s conversation, AEVR plans to develop a journal article based on the 2021 EVS conversation for publication submission.
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Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month,
AEVR’s July 13 Virtual Congressional Briefing
In a June 23 press release, twelve vision community organizations and coalition partners joined to recognize July as Dry Eye Awareness Month 2021, and on July 6, Research!America posted a blog post by AEVR about this recognition and AEVR’s virtual July 13 Sixth Annual Dry Eye Awareness Month Congressional Briefing entitled A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease. The Briefing, held in conjunction with the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), features AEVR Executive Director James Jorkasky interviewing several Subcommittee Chairs of TFOS’ next Global Workshop entitled A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease about lifestyle and environmental factors that result in Dry Eye Disease.
View the vision community press release/link to July 13 Briefing promotion here.
View the Research!America Dry Eye Awareness Month blog post here.