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21 Sep
2018

Professor Keith Martin is appointed as next Managing Director of CERA

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The Board of the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) announced the appointment of Professor Keith Martin as next Managing director. 

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA
19 Feb
2017

World’s first professional qualification course for eye bankers

by Vision Initiative

MEDIA RELEASE The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and The University of Melbourne are introducing the world’s first professional qualifications course for eye bankers – the custodians of human tissue for eye transplant surgery.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA Eye Bank Association of Australia and New Zealand (EBAANZ) eye health eye health education Lions Eye Donation Service (LEDS)
16 Feb
2017

CERA looks to the promise of driverless vehicles

by Vision Initiative

MEDIA RELEASE. The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has revealed it is looking to collaborate with companies, industry, and peak bodies in the development of autonomous vehicle systems.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA eye health eye health education
27 Oct
2016

CERA researchers win $750,000 to help end endemic eye disease in remote and regional communities

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MEDIA RELEASE. Researchers from the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) have won $750,000 after competing in today’s finals of the 2016 Google Impact Challenge held in Sydney.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA research
03 Jul
2015

National Eye Health Survey underway

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The National Eye Health Survey is the first nationwide research of its kind to map the prevalence of major eye conditions in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA national National Eye Health Survey research Vision 2020 Australia
01 Dec
2014

First day of Summer brings eye health warning

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MEDIA RELEASE. On the first day of summer, Vision 2020 Australia and the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) are warning that Australians might not be doing enough to protect their eyes in the sun.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged centre for eye research australia CERA summer sun sunglasses UV Vision 2020 Australia
08 Oct
2014

Unravelling the mysteries of eye disease

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EYE HEALTH HERO. Dr Kathy Davidson never thought she would see stem cell therapy come to fruition in her lifetime.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged CERA Kathy Davidson macular degeneration research stem cell world sight day
01 Oct
2014

GPs safeguard vision impaired Australians from depression

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MEDIA RELEASE. Referring vision impaired patients to a GP for treatment significantly decreases their symptoms of depression, a study by the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has found.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged beyondblue blindness centre for eye research australia CERA depression GP low vision Vision Australia
01 Oct
2014

Discovering treatments to beat blindness

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EYE HEALTH HERO. “We are just a matter of years away now from developing life-changing therapies and cures for vision loss and many inherited blinding diseases,” Dr Alex Hewitt says. “This will be game-changing for millions of people around the world.”

Posted in UncategorisedTagged Centre for Eye Research of Australia CERA Dr Alex Hewitt eye health hero stem cell world sight day
26 Sep
2014

New stem cell robot starts working at the Centre for Eye Research Australia

by Vision Initiative

On Wednesday 17 September 2014, the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) opened the Automated Stem Cell Facility and brought Australia’s unique new stem cell robot to life.

Posted in UncategorisedTagged centre for eye research australia CERA glaucoma macular degeneration Melbourne stem cell

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