The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute's 

Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Are Now Closed

Mentored by world-class scientists, fellows receive postdoctoral training in visual development, strabismus and amblyopia, eye movements, visual attention, brain plasticity, mobility, low vision/blindness rehabilitation and assistive technologies—using approaches such as psychophysics, eye and head tracking, clinical assessment, computational modeling, EEG, fMRI, computer vision, AI, and sensor technologies.


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World class training in the heart of San Francisco

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Our Mission

Our mission is to create a unique environment for research on human vision  to increase the understanding of normal vision in support of vision disorders, clinical research to develop new diagnostic procedures and treatments for visual and other sensory disorders, and engineering research to produce better techniques for aid and rehabilitation of the blind and partially sighted.

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Latest News

Hoover Chan Honored with a Lifetime Service Award

The Vision Science Society (VSS) has awarded former SKERI fellow and long-time researcher and affiliate, Hoover Chan, the 25th Anniversary VSS Lifetime Service Award for his "invaluable service to the international vision science community through his tireless, continuous maintenance of CVNet [listserv], with all the technical skills, scientific knowledge and diplomacy that role has commanded over the last 40 years."

Upcoming Events

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Speaker:
Annemarie

Welcome to the Blindness and Low Vision Support Group!

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 – 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Come join us and meet Dr. Donald Fletcher, a clinician, and Annemarie Rossi, an occupational therapist with extensive experience in low vision and rehabilitation.

Annemarie will discuss the recent reopening of The Frank Stein & Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation (711 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco) and provide information about the services offered and who can benefit from working with…

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Low Vision Support Group