SUNY Eye Institute

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03/29/13 - 06/30/13

SEI Investigator from University of Buffalo Seeks Cause, Novel Therapy for Diabetic Retinopathy

Sarah X. Zhang, MD is using a $1.1 million grant to study a possible mechanism underlying diabetic retinopathy and test a novel protective agent to thwart it.

05/31/13 - 07/31/13

SEI Investigator Inducted into the ARVO Dowling Society

Dr. William J. Brunken was inducted May 4, 2013 into The Dowling Society which was created to honor innovative vision researcher and first Chairman of the ARVO Foundation Board of Governors, John E. Dowling, PhD, FARVO. This distinguished donor society was established to recognize Dowling for his accomplishments within the ARVO Foundation, ARVO and the vision research community.

05/31/13 - 07/31/13

SEI Investigators Named to ARVO Committees

Dr. William J. Brunken and Dr. Steven J. Fliesler are now serving on ARVO Committees. Dr. Fliesler will chair the Publications Committee until May 2015. Dr. Brunken will be a member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee until May 2016.

10/19/13 - 10/20/13

SEI Annual Meeting

The 2013 meeting will be hosted by SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

The keynote speaker for this year's meeting will be Martin Friedlander, MD, PhD. Dr. Friedlander is a Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at The Scripps Research Institute. In addition, Dr. Friedlander is an alumni of Downstate Medical Center.

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OUR MISSION: To integrate the complementary strengths of the four SUNY Medical Universities and SUNY Optometry into a single SUNY Eye Institute (SEI) in order to enhance research and training in clinical and basic visual sciences in New York State. Goals are to: develop pre- and post-doctoral training programs in eye and vision research across the five schools; recruit basic and clinical investigators into eye and vision research; promote and foster collaborative research interactions among vision scientists across the schools; and establish state-of-the-art eye research core facilities at each of the campuses to serve and augment the capabilities of all five schools.