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National Eye Institute Director Delivers the 68th Snell Memorial Lecture at the Rochester Ophthalmology Conference

Monday, June 3, 2024

National Eye Institute Director, Michael Chiang, MD, will deliver the 68th Snell Memorial Lecture at the Rochester Ophthalmology Conference on Friday June 14th at 4:30 pm. The lecture is part of a day long continuing professional education event for eye care professionals and researchers. The 4:30 lecture, entitled: Artificial intelligence and data science: where we are, where we’re heading, and what the National Eye Institute is doing. Will be held in the Class of ’62 Auditorium at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

The Snell Memorial lecture is FREE to attend and begins at 4:30 PM. No registration is required

Those interested in the entire conference – for a FEE – may still register. For more information, please visit the conference website.

Susana Marcos and team recognized by Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the Center for Visual Science, the Nicholas George Professor in Optics, and a professor of ophthalmology at Rochester, was recognized for her work on a study in the Journal of Cataracts & Refractive Surgery (JCRS). Marcos and her fellow authors received the JCRS 2023 Mamalis Award.

The annual award is presented to the best laboratory science article published in the publication in the year, as voted on by the journal’s editors. The authors were recognized at the 2024 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting in Boston.

• Read about the study, which uses artificial intelligence to bring clarity to LASIK patients facing cataract surgery.

Dr. Krystel Huxlin Among SMD 2023 Mentoring Awards Winners

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Trainee Academic Mentoring Award in Basic Science

Krystel R. Huxlin
Huxlin’s mentoring efforts focus on past trainees’ observation on her mentoring style and results, depicting the Meliora spirit.

One trainee states, “Krystel has been a singular force in my life, and the greatest mentor I could have hoped for when I launched my academic career. After over a decade working with Krystel as a trainee in her lab, I have found her mentoring skills, her capacity for empathy, and her selfless promotion of her trainees has only grown. Without question, my scientific career would not exist without her guidance”.