Glaucoma News

Glaucoma Research Foundation has elected Tracy M. Valorie, BS, MBA to its Board of Directors.

“Being recognized by the Shaffer Prize has validated the significance of my research project and its potential to advance our understanding of glaucoma,” Dr. Sim said.

The free glaucoma audiobook, narrated by Bianca Beach, is available for patients and their families to listen, download, and share.

“This is the largest annual research budget in our 46-year history,” said Thomas M. Brunner, GRF President and CEO.

The Glaucoma Research Foundation in San Francisco joins eye health organizations and eye care professionals worldwide for World Glaucoma Week each year in March.

January is national Glaucoma Awareness Month in the United States.

“Our goal for this meeting was to spark some new ideas and approaches to solving neurodegeneration.”

Visually impaired professional triathlete Amy Dixon was the keynote speaker at our 2023 Patient Summit.

GRF’s $50,000 grants initiate creative research ideas.

Receiving a Glaucoma diagnosis can be scary, especially if you don’t know much about it. Here’s where you can find accurate and credible information.

The Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma Research recognizes grant recipients whose projects best exemplify the pursuit of breakthrough ideas to better understand and cure glaucoma.

The groundbreaking collaborative research program will explore common characteristics of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s.

“Eyes On Eyecare” is dedicated to furthering research worldwide by providing clinical and career education to younger optometrists and ophthalmologists.

At Glaucoma Research Foundation, we share your sense of urgency to do all we can to speed the pace of discovery for a cure for glaucoma.

“Glaucoma 360 honorees Ronald Fellman, MD, David Calkins, PhD, and Steven and Michele Kirsch have inspired us each in their own unique way,” said GRF Board Chair Andrew Iwach, MD.

In honor of Black History Month, Glaucoma Research Foundation recognizes Dr. Julian and urges everyone, especially African Americans, to be tested for glaucoma.

“We realized we could support people actually looking for a cure. And then we said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could fund a scientist?’”

Glaucoma Research Foundation announces a total of $1.7 million in annual research grants to support 13 investigators at prestigious colleges and universities across the United States.

The Shaffer Prize, presented annually by Glaucoma Research Foundation, recognizes a researcher whose project best exemplifies the pursuit of innovative ideas in the quest to cure glaucoma.

Ophthalmology industry leader Ramin Valian, Vice President, Glaucoma and Reimbursement US at Allergan, was honored at the Glaucoma 360 Virtual Annual Gala on January 29, 2021.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, statewide shutdowns impacted regularly scheduled eye exams and access to prescription medications, prompting broader concerns about health and safety.

Findings from survey of more than 1,000 Americans suggest one-third lacked confidence that their disease was well-managed during early phase of lockdowns.

Terri Pickering, MD is a glaucoma specialist at Glaucoma Center of San Francisco and clinical instructor at California Pacific Medical Center.

Glaucoma Research Foundation announced a total of $1.2 million in annual research grants to support 12 investigators at prestigious colleges and universities across the United States.

Glaucoma Research Foundation hosted our first annual Glaucoma Patient Summit in San Francisco on March 16, 2019.