NAEVR/AEVR News

NAEVR/AEVR Issue Fall 2021 Contributor Report

The Report summarizes NAEVR advocacy regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations and AEVR education, including the virtual Seventh Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day, the virtual global Congressional Briefing recognizing International AMD Awareness Week 2021 and a Briefing recognizing Myopia as a Public Health Crisis.

Read the report here. 

Regarding FY2022 appropriations, the clock is ticking for Congressional action, as the current Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the government at the FY2021 level in FY2022 expired December 3. Rumors abound about a second CR to expire at year’s end or even into February 2022. House and Senate leaders currently have not come to agreement on top-line spending, as well as that for defense discretionary spending in relation to domestic discretionary spending. NAEVR has joined with colleagues in urging Congress to finalize FY2022 appropriations, as a CR can have a chilling impact on research, in terms of agencies funding grants or starting new programs.

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AEVR Streams November 17 Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Congressional Briefing

AEVR’s Better Understanding TED: Physician, Patient, and Caregiver Perspectives, with a Discussion on Women’s Eye Health streamed November 17 and featured clinician Kimberly Cockerham, MD, FACS providing an overview of TED and current treatments; patient Ron Barela and his caregiver wife Vickie spoke about living with TED; and Prevent Blindness Vice President Kira Baldonado moderated a session with Society for Women’s Health Research President and CEO Kathryn Godburn Schubert about women’s eye health and Society initiatives.