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Brandon Biggs and XR Navigation Are Making History

May 10th, 2024

History has been made!


Exciting Research on Vision Presented at ARVO 2024 Conference

May 5th, 2024

Researchers from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute are set to unveil their newest findings at the upcoming Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on May 5th through the 9th. Their presentations promise to shed new light on various aspects of vision impairment and treatment.



SKERI Scientists Join the IGNITE STEM Fair at Burton High School

April 18th, 2024

On April 18, 2024 SKERI scientists enjoyed the beautiful Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School campus while offering its students hands-on, experiential, and interactive examples of SKERI’s scientists’ work.


SKERI Researchers Bring their Rehabilitation and Accessibility Vision to CSUN Assistive Technology Conference

March 22nd, 2024

Smith-Kettlewell’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Blindness and Low Vision, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR ), supports eight projects related to visual impairmen


SKERI Researchers Bring their Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology to CSUN Tech Conference

March 22nd, 2024

Smith-Kettlewell’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Blindness and Low Vision, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR ), supports eight projects related to visual impairmen



Dr. William Good Delivers the Marshall M. Parks Lecture at AAO 2023

November 5th, 2023

Dr. William (Bill) Good is this year’s recipient of the 2023 Parks Lecture Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), cosponsored by the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS). On Sunday, November 5, Dr. Good will deliver the Marshall Parks Lecture at the annual meeting of the AAO, one of the Academy’s highest honors.


SKERI Mourns the Passing of Bill Gerrey

October 9th, 2023

Smith-Kettlewell mourns the loss of Bill Gerrey, who was for decades one of SKERI’s leading scientists and engineers, much loved by everyone at the Institute.


CamIO Receives Supplement to Enhance Software Tools for Open Science

September 5th, 2023

Dr. James Coughlan has been awarded funds to increase access to his CamIO tool for making objects accessible to blind and visually impaired persons. The funds were part of NIH’s Notice of Special Interest  for Administrative Supplements to Enhance Software Tools for Open Science and will allow Dr.