This document provides information from a webinar on glaucoma presented by the Glaucoma Research Foundation. The webinar discussed what glaucoma is, including the types and risk factors. It covered how glaucoma is diagnosed and treated. It also addressed living with glaucoma and maintaining quality of life through management plans, adaptive tools, support groups and advocacy. The webinar emphasized that regular eye exams are important since glaucoma often has no early symptoms, and that early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent vision loss.
27. Glaucoma Research Foundation Mission:
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To prevent vision loss from
glaucoma by investing in
innovative research, education,
and support with the ultimate goal
of finding a cure.
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28. Glaucoma Research Foundation Facts
Founded 1978 by Drs. Shaffer, Hoskins, Hetherington in
San Francisco
National Organization
Annual Budget $4 million
Net Assets $5 million
Staff of 7
Expense ratio: 85% Program, 15% Support
Charity Navigator, BBB, Guidestar listings
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29. Our Founders:
Drs. John Hetherington, Robert N. Shaffer (1912-2007) and H. Dunbar Hoskins
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30. Speeding the Cure through research
Individual Fellowships (40 Shaffer Fellows)
Shaffer Grants for Innovative Glaucoma Research (funding
for pilot projects)
Catalyst For a Cure collaborative research project
Catalyst Meetings including Glaucoma 360 – New
Horizons Forum
31. Catalyst For a Cure
Speeding the Cure
Unique in two ways
Collaboration vs. conventional insular academic research
model
Interdisciplinary – bringing together neuroscientists,
molecular biologists, biomedical imaging experts in addition to
ophthalmology
First team, launched in 2002 – due in part to their work,
glaucoma is now defined as a neurodegenerative disease like
Alzheimer s, Parkinson s, ALS and Huntington s
Second team, launched in 2012 – to identify new, specific
and sensitive biomarkers for glaucoma
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32. Spreading the word through Education
GLEAMS newsletter
Understanding and Living with Glaucoma
Infomative brochures
Web site: www.glaucoma.org
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