News
SKERI Engineer Featured on the Blind Abilities Podcast
SKERI Mourns the Passing of Dr. Arthur Jampolsky
SKERI Intern awarded grant to build an eye movement simulator
Dr. Arvind Chandna Receives the PMC Department of Ophthalmology Residency Teaching Award for 2020
Audiom allows for accessible, virtual visits to the Magical Bridge playground
SKERI Welcomes Local Students for a Day of STEM Inspiration
Students from Everett Middle School joined us for a day of learning what it is like to be a scientist. The Field Trip was organized by IGNITE Worldwide!, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring girls and non-binary students to consider careers in STEM. The girls toured laboratories, met with scientists and worked on case studies. The field trip was part of our ongoing activities to increase STEM participation.
SKERI researcher awarded grant to study echolocation
Santani Teng, an Associate Scientist at Smith-Kettlewell, has been awarded a three-year grant from The E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired to study the neural processes of echolocation.
Brandon Biggs brings his ideas for accessibility to SKERI
Jampolsky Fellows Reunion 2017
On Thursday, July 27, 2017, the 43rd annual reception for the opening of the Jampolsky Fellows Reunion was held at the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill, San Francisco. In attendance were 33 fellows, in addition to many spouses, hailing from Baltimore to Buenos Aires to Brazil to Basel to Birmingham. A truly eclectic group of pediatric strabismus ophthalmologists!