Recent News
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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 ophthalmology and strabismus. -
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. The work with using these tools is specifically focused for people who are blind or who have visual impairments. -
Dr. Manfred MacKeben Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award in Low Vision...
Dr. Manfred MacKeben received Envision's Lifetime Achievement Award in Low Vision Research at ARVO's Low Vision Research Group meeting -
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). -
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. -
Dr. Likova's Research on the Power of Drawing Featured in National...
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 live National Endowment for the Arts webinar on Visual Arts, Learning, Coping. -
ABCs for Therapists Blog Post about Dr. Likova's Blind Drawing...
A recent posting on the therapeutic value of the brain reorganization brought about by Lora Likova’s blind drawing training paradigm may be found here:... -
Drawing Enhances Memory and Brain Plasticity Featured in Dana Foundation...
The Dana News Foundation published an online article about the blind training paradigm. -
United Academics Highlights Dr. Likova's Research on Brain...
An online article about the implications of Lora Likova’s work for the visual memory of artists can be seen here.