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The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Mission Announcements
Kid One recognized as one of 10 Mutual of America 2011 Community Partnership Award winners![]() November 17, 2011 Mutual of America announced on November 17 that Kid One and its “Transporting Children to Better Health” program was named a Merit Finalist of the 2011 Community Partnership Award competition. EyeSight Foundation of Alabama provides grant support to Kid One for transporting children to vision appointments. Kline latest recipient of Visionary Award![]() September 16, 2011 On September 15, 2011, Dr. Lanning B. Kline became the fifth recipient of the Visionary Award for his extraordinary leadership as Chairman of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and the impact he has made on improving eyesight throughout the state and beyond through the Department's teaching, research, clinical and service activities. (in photo: ESFA board chairman Steve Yoder, past ESFA chairman Jim Davis, Dr. Kline, and past ESFA chairman and Visionary Award recipient Allen Rushton) Vision Quest: UAB Scientist Offers New Views Inside the Eye![]() July 6, 2011 Technology developed to help telescopes peer through space is now helping specialists gain an unprecedented view of living cells within the eye. UAB's Yuhua Zhang developed the high-tech, high-resolution scope, and he tells UAB Magazine how the emerging technology—available at only five other centers worldwide—will help ophthalmologists diagnose eye diseases early and track their treatment progress. AIDB's Birmingham Regional Center Sets Sight on Summer Camp![]() June 27, 2011 Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) Birmingham Regional Center will conduct a summer camp for students, ages six to 13, who are blind/low vision. The Summer Chill Out will host 20 students who are visually impaired/blind from Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair and Walker Counties on select dates in June and July. To learn more, visit www.aidb.org or contact Jessica Edmiston at (256) 761.3470 or edmiston.jesssica@aidb.state.al.us. Callahan Eye Hospital first in nation for eye-trauma care![]() June 27, 2011 Each year, nearly 2,200 people are treated for eye trauma at the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, the nations's first and only Level 1 ocular trauma center, as designated by the American Society of Ocular Traumas.
"We're writing the book on eye trauma here in Birmingham," said Brian Spraberry, CEO of the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital.
full story by Bob Shepard; reprinted from the UAB News April 4, 2011
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March 01 THE DEADLINE FOR ALL GRANT APPLICATIONS IS EXTENDED TO EARLY SPRING. Exact dates to be communicated soon.THE GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION PROCESS WILL B... Read More |