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SKERI Mourns the Passing of Dr. Alan Scott
December 20th, 2021
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Alan Scott MD, world-famous ophthalmological researcher who spent much of his career at Smith-Kettlewell including serving for many years as its Co-Director and Director. He is most well-known for his pioneering research into the use of botulinum toxin to modify the characteristics of eye muscles, as a non-invasive alternative to surgery in the treatment of strabismus or crossed eyes.
Object echolocation project receives Best Poster award at OPAM 29
November 6th, 2021
A Smith-Kettlewell study measuring object information available via echolocation was recognized with a Best Poster award at the 2021 Conference on Object Perception, visual Attention, and visual Memory (OPAM 29).
Dr. Shanidze receives new grant from National Institute on Aging
October 1st, 2021
Dr. Shanidze receives new grant from National Institute on Aging
October 1st, 2021
This collaborative proposal will study the effects of noise exposure on balance and age-related fall risk.
Joshua Miele is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow
September 28th, 2021
Smith-Kettlewell is proud and honored to announce that one of our alumni, Dr. Joshua Miele, has received a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship for his work in developing devices to enable blind and visually impaired people to access everyday technologies and digital information. Widely known as a “Genius Grant,” this prestigious award reflects Josh’s achievements while he was a scientist at SKERI as well as his present work begun in 2019 at Amazon Lab126.
Dr. Teng awarded grant to model human echolocation
September 1st, 2021
The National Eye Institute has awarded an R21 grant to Santani Teng, an Associate Scientist at Smith-Kettlewell, to model perceptual mechanisms of echolocation.
Kassia Love Wins Best Paper Award at ETRA 2021’s ActivEye Workshop
June 3rd, 2021
Kassia Love won the best paper award at ETRA’s ActivEye Workshop for the paper “Eye, Robot: Calibration Challenges and Potential Solutions for Wearable Eye Tracking in Individuals with Eccentric Fixation”.
Haydée García-Lázaro receives FoVea Award 2021 from Vision Sciences Society
May 21st, 2021
The FoVea Travel and Networking Award has the mission to advance the visibility, impact, and success of women in vision science. It is open to female members of the Vision Science Society (VSS) in pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, pre-tenure faculty, or research scientist positions. Haydée García-Lázaro, a postdoctoral fellow at SKERI working with Dr Satani Teng, received the FoVea Travel and Networking Award 2021 from Females of Vision et al., & Vision Sciences Society.
SKERI Engineer Featured on the Blind Abilities Podcast
May 14th, 2021
SKERI engineer, Brandon Biggs, was featured on the Blind Abilities podcast to discuss Audiom – a SKERI Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center