[vslist] ARVO 2004 SIG

Marilyn Schneck mes@calmail.berkeley.edu
Tue Apr 13 20:33:09 2004


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ARVO 2004 SIG meeting, Wednesday April 28, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Room 114

Epidemiology of Visual Impairment: What's holding up the research?

Organizer: Gislin Dagnelie, PhD, JHU Lions Vision Center, Wilmer Eye 
Institute, 550 N. Broadway, 6th fl., Baltimore, MD, 21205-2020. 
Phone: 410-614-4822, Fax: 410-955-1829, E-mail: gdagnelie@jhmi.edu

Visual impairment research straddles many of the traditional 
boundaries in ARVO.  In addition to its traditional ties to 
psychophysical and visual performance testing, the study of visual 
impairment in the population should also have strong ties to 
epidemiology and clinical research, to the study of (abnormal) visual 
development, and to the study of visual outcomes in many areas of 
ophthalmology.  In this session, we want to combine the experiences 
of researchers who have studied visual impairment and visual outcomes 
in population-based studies with the expertise of specialists in the 
organization of clinical trials, and those developing visual and 
functional outcome measures, to address questions such as:  How can 
we improve the detection and treatment of visual impairment in the 
population?  What is required to validate (and increase) the efficacy 
of vision rehabilitation programs? How can clinical trialists 
contribute in studying the impact of visual impairment?  What are 
relevant functional outcome measures?  Moderators: Gislin Dagnelie 
and Robert Massof. Speakers:  Marilyn Schneck, PhD, University of 
California Berkeley; Maureen Maguire, PhD, University of 
Pennsylvania; Susana Chung, PhD, University of Houston; Stanley Azen, 
PhD, University of Southern California; Gerald McGwin, PhD, 
University of Alabama Birmingham; Gary Rubin, PhD, University College 
London; Robert Massof, PhD, Johns Hopkins University.

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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000">ARVO 2004
SIG meeting, Wednesday April 28, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Room 114<br>
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Epidemiology of Visual Impairment: What's holding up the research?<br>
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Organizer: Gislin Dagnelie, PhD, JHU Lions Vision Center, Wilmer Eye
Institute, 550 N. Broadway, 6th fl., Baltimore, MD, 21205-2020. Phone:
410-614-4822, Fax: 410-955-1829, E-mail:<u> gdagnelie@jhmi.edu<br>
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</u>Visual impairment research straddles many of the traditional
boundaries in ARVO.&nbsp; In addition to its traditional ties to
psychophysical and visual performance testing, the study of visual
impairment in the population should also have strong ties to
epidemiology and clinical research, to the study of (abnormal) visual
development, and to the study of visual outcomes in many areas of
ophthalmology.&nbsp; In this session, we want to combine the
experiences of researchers who have studied visual impairment and
visual outcomes in population-based studies with the expertise of
specialists in the organization of clinical trials, and those
developing visual and functional outcome measures, to address
questions such as:&nbsp; How can we improve the detection and
treatment of visual impairment in the population?&nbsp; What is
required to validate (and increase) the efficacy of vision
rehabilitation programs? How can clinical trialists contribute in
studying the impact of visual impairment?&nbsp; What are relevant
functional outcome measures?&nbsp; Moderators: Gislin Dagnelie and
Robert Massof. Speakers:&nbsp; Marilyn Schneck, PhD, University of
California Berkeley; Maureen Maguire, PhD, University of Pennsylvania;
Susana Chung, PhD, University of Houston; Stanley Azen, PhD,
University of Southern California; Gerald McGwin, PhD, University of
Alabama Birmingham; Gary Rubin, PhD, University College London; Robert
Massof, PhD, Johns Hopkins University.</font></div>
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