Prevent Blindness Holds 7th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit

Prevent Blindness hosted the 7th annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit on Wednesday, July 18, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Summit honored the 50th Anniversary of the National Eye Institute as well as included presentations related to the theme, “Research to Impact.”

Sponsors of the Focus on Eye Health National Summit included gold-level sponsors Allergan, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, Genentech, International Retinal Research Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Lighthouse Guild, National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness, NORC at the University of Chicago, Regeneron, Shire and Vision Impact Institute.  Silver sponsors were Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association, BrightFocus Foundation, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Lions Club International, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Seva Foundation, Thrombogenics and Vision 2020 USA.