Recent News
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Relaunch of YouDescribe
On May 18, 2017, in honor of the sixth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Smith-Kettlewell relaunched the award- winning YouDescribe with new features... -
Dr. Preeti Verghese Awarded NEI Grant
Congratulations to Senior Scientist, Preeti Verghese, Ph.D., who was awarded a four-year grant from the National Eye Institute to study ways of assisting... -
DescribeAthon 17 'Marathon'
On January 26, 2017, in San Francisco, the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute’s Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center (RERC) hosted DescribeAthon... -
In Memoriam: Valerie Morash
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute mourns the tragic loss of one of its most outstanding scientists, Valerie Morash PhD. Val was an amazing researcher... -
Senior Engineer Bill Gerrey Honored with a Named Room at New LightHouse Building
San Francisco's LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired recently moved to its new facility at 1155 Market Street, 10 th Floor, San Francisco, California... -
Smith-Kettlewell Announces New Wayfinding App for Blind and Visually-Impaired Travelers
Accessibility research goes from lab to App Store in the form of overTHERE – a free iPhone app that uses a unique gestural interface to give blind pedestrians... -
Scientists Receive NEI Grant Aiding Blind Interaction with Physical Objects
James Coughlan, PhD, Senior Scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, California, was recently awarded a four-year grant from NIH-NEI (R01EY025332) entitled, “Enabling Audio-Haptic Interaction with Physical Objects for the Visually Impaired Summary". -
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 entitled "Postdoctoral Training in Vision Research". -
Associate Scientist Dr. Chuan Hou Is Awarded a Five-Year Grant from NEI-NIH
Congratulations to Associate Scientist Chuan Hou, MD, PhD, of The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, who was awarded a five-year grant... -
UK Opthalmologist Joins Smith-Kettlewell Research Staff
Arvind Chandna, MD, joined The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco on November 1, 2015, as a Senior Clinicial Researcher in pediatric...