Recent News
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Smith-Kettlewell Awarded NEI Institutional Training Grant
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, California, is the recipient of a 5-year NIH/ NEI training grant (1T32EY025201-01A1)
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Dr. Coughlan's Bar Code Reader, BLaDE, Featured in Scientific American
Work by Drs. James Coughlan and Ender Tekin on bar code readers as an accessibility tool is discussed in Scientific American.
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Dr. Suzanne McKee Awarded 2015 Davida Teller Award
Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne McKee who was awarded the 2015 Davida Teller Award by the Vision Sciences Society (VSS).
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Dr. Manfred MacKeben Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award in Low Vision Research
Congratulations to Dr. Manfred MacKeben!
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NEI NRSA Fellowship Award Issued to Dr. Natela Shanidze
Congratulations to Dr Natela Shanidze who was awarded a three-year fellowship from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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Dr. Likova's Research on the Power of Drawing Featured in National Endowment for the Arts Webinar
On March 18, 2015, Dr Lora Likova’s work on how learning to draw promotes brain plasticity and can serve blindness rehabilitation was featured in a
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ABCs for Therapists Blog Post about Dr. Likova's Blind Drawing Training
A recent posting on the therapeutic value of the brain reorganization brought about by Lora Likova’s blind drawing training paradigm may be found h
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Drawing Enhances Memory and Brain Plasticity Featured in Dana Foundation News
An online article in Dana Foundation News about the art/science relationships underlying Lora Likova’s blind training paradigm is available here:
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