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.
Vision is restored in macular degeneration patients using a miniature implantable telescope to mitigate effects of the eye disease.
Dr. Roger Steinert has developed techniques that have helped improve the eyesight of millions.
Dr. Henry Klassen is discovering new ways to use stem cells to repair the retina, offering new hope for people suffering from retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration.
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.
The ubiquitous TV becomes sculpture in an exhibit of work by the late mixed-media artist Nam June Paik at Beall Center.
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