Josephine Herbert Gleis commits $5 million to Gavin Herbert Eye Institute for vision research
Philanthropist is still making a difference as she approaches her 104th birthday
Philanthropist is still making a difference as she approaches her 104th birthday
New units will oversee keratoconus and macular degeneration outreach programs
The Discovery Eye Foundation – a Los Angeles-based organization that supports research, education, advocacy and treatment related to sight-threatening eye diseases – has awarded $3 million to the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, a part of UC Irvine Health. The gift provides $2 million to complete the UC Irvine campus facility, which opens in September, and $1 million to establish the Discovery Center for Eye Research within it.
The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, which is part of UC Irvine Health, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for fellowships and instruments that advance research to prevent blindness caused by such diseases as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.
State-of-the-art vision care center is expected to open next summer.
Completion of the concrete frame for the new home of UC Irvine’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute – Orange County’s only academic eye institute – will be celebrated by donors, faculty and staff.
The site for the new clinical and academic center will be dedicated Friday, Oct. 29, at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, near the corner of Health Sciences Road and Bison Avenue.
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 16, 2016 — Allergan founder Gavin Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, have pledged $5 million to advance retinal research at UC Irvine Health’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the academic eye care center named in his honor. “As longtime champions of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the Herberts have shown that community leaders can […]
UCI’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary
With the opening of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s new home, UC Irvine builds on its reputation as a major clinical and research center