Promotional graphic titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring a map of the USA in multiple colors. Includes a photo of Roomasa Channa, MD from University of Wisconsin-Madison with text highlighting a story about Funding sight: Equity in eye health. There is a hashtag #SeeWhatMatters and a link to ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog.

Read how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Roomasa Channa, MD (@uwmadison.bsky.social) is leveraging #AI and health technology to advance research in #DiabeticRetinalDisease and make eye care more accessible. Learn more. https://bit.ly/40EJiuO
#SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology #VisionResearch

Promotional graphic titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring a map of the USA in multiple colors. Includes a photo of Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. with text highlighting a story about seeing the public health impact. There is a hashtag #SeeWhatMatters and a link to ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog.

Read about @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD's (The Ohio State University) impactful research in #VisionScience, particularly #myopia, and her call for increased funding, evidence-driven healthcare policy and universal healthcare https://bit.ly/4khx9VR
#SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology

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Today is @arvoinfo.bsky.social Advocacy Day! Many thanks to our members and patient advocates meeting with U.S. legislators on Capitol Hill in DC), to discuss the critical importance of #VisionScience and how vital it is to #FundVisionResearch. https://bit.ly/4kj6g3I
#SeeWhatMatters #ARVOadvocacy

Promotional graphic titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring a map of the USA in multiple colors. Includes a photo of Anat Galor from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Fla. with text highlighting a story about ocular surface research needing funding. There is a hashtag #SeeWhatMatters and a link to ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog.

Discover how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Anat Galor, MD, MSPH (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute) is advancing ocular surface research and why supporting such #VisionResearch is crucial for eye health. https://bit.ly/466NIOr
#SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology

Promotional graphic titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring a map of the USA in multiple colors. Includes a photo of Alison Abraham, PhD, MHS, MS from the University of Colorado, with text about her work on keeping vision health within reach. There is a hashtag #SeeWhatMatters and a link to ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog.

Discover how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Alison Abraham, PhD, MHS, MS (@colorado.edu) is advancing aging and sensory health research, working to make #VisionHealth accessible for all communities. https://bit.ly/4rdRMo2
#SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology

Promotional graphic titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring a map of the USA in multiple colors. Includes a photo of Randolph Jeffrey Kwaw, OD from the University of Houston, with text about his work on using Tetrodotoxin for treating amblyopia. There is a hashtag #SeeWhatMatters and a link to ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog.

Learn how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Randolph Jeffrey Kwaw, OD (@uh.edu), is exploring tetrodotoxin (TTX) as a potential new treatment for amblyopia—and why continued funding for #VisionResearch is more important than ever. https://bit.ly/49DkWWf
#SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology

Promotional graphic from ARVO titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring Poonam Naik, PhD, MS from Washington University in St. Louis, highlighting 'Today's discoveries, tomorrow's impact'. There is a map of the United States in the background and a portrait of Dr. Naik on the left.

Discover how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Poonam Naik (Washington University in St. Louis) is advancing treatments for #AgeRelatedMacularDegeneration and why continued funding is crucial for breakthrough therapies. https://bit.ly/48eH88v
#SeeWhatMatters #VisionResearch #ophthalmology

Promotional graphic for ARVOBlog's 50 States, 50 Stories series featuring a post titled "Social risks, vision health and the cost of underfunding" by Patrice Hicks, PhD, MPH from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The graphic includes the ARVO logo and the hashtag #SeeWhatMatters.

@arvoinfo.bsky.social member Patrice Hicks, PhD, MPH (@umich.edu) sheds light on the impact of environment/social risk factors on #VisionHealth and access to eye-care, plus the cost for patients of underfunding public health #research. Read more on ARVOBlog: https://bit.ly/4oSErkc
#SeeWhatMatters

You don’t see #VisionResearch. But it sees you. Most of us don’t think about vision research. But millions live every day with the impact of it—when it’s there, and when it’s not. https://bit.ly/4qAuCst
#SeeWhatMatters #FundFederalVisionResearch @arvoinfo.bsky.social

Promotional graphic from ARVO titled "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring Esen K. Akpek, MD from Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., highlighting achievements in Sjögren's research. There is a map of the United States in the background and a portrait of Dr. Akpek on the left.

Learn how @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Esen Akpek, MD, is advancing early detection/diagnosis of #SjögrensDisease—an autoimmune disorder impacting millions and eye health nationwide—and why continued federal funding is vital for this groundbreaking work: https://bit.ly/43gP4EI
#SeeWhatMatters

Promotional graphic for "50 States, 50 Stories" featuring Elmira Jalilian, PhD, MSc from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago and her topic, "Tiny particles, big impact on vision." The image includes a colorful map of the USA in the background. #SeeWhatMatters and ARVO.org/News/ARVO-Blog are also displayed.

Innovative research on #ExtracellularVesicles by @arvoinfo.bsky.social member Elmira Jalilian offers hope to restore vision lost to #CornealNerve degeneration. Learn how federal funding fuels advances like these. https://bit.ly/46MUh87
#SeeWhatMatters

Every treatment begins long before the patient. It starts with science, with policy, with someone choosing to #SeeWhatMatters. Help us protect #VisionResearch. https://youtu.be/TwO8iKqtOh0
#FundFederalVisionResearch #VisionScience @arvoinfo.bsky.social

Four individuals lying on their backs forming a circle, each making a playful hand gesture over their eyes. A hashtag "#SEE WHAT MATTERS" is prominently displayed at the bottom.

From gene therapy to AI diagnostics, #VisionScience is leading innovation across medicine. But without investment, progress slows and we lose sight of what matters. #VisionResearch matters. https://bit.ly/40EM6si
#SeeWhatMatters #ResearchMatters #FundFederalVisionResearch @arvoinfo.bsky.social

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Group of people in business attire in front of the office of Senator Schumer

Four vision nerds in front of the US Capitol Building

Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org

We found an eyeball in the Cannon Building!

#seewhatmatters @alexlw.bsky.social

Visited congressional offices to ask for more federal support of scientific research #SeeWhatMatters thanks to
the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research!

Found a new job title in the senate basement.

#seewhatmatters

Vision research makes daily life possible. Let’s protect the science behind sight.
#SeeWhatMatters #ResearchMatters

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Vision research makes daily life possible. Let's protect the science behind sight. https://bit.ly/40EM6si
#SeeWhatMatters #VisionResearch #FundFederalVisionResearch @arvoinfo.bsky.social

See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...

Every treatment starts with a question. Every discovery starts in a lab. Vision
research is how we turn what-ifs into what’s next. #VisionResearch matters.
https://bit.ly/40EM6si
#SeeWhatMatters #ResearchMatters #FundFederalVisionResearch @arvoinfo.bsky.social

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Every breakthrough begins long before the clinic. Behind each treatment is years of research, persistence, and public funding. This is what makes vision possible. bit.ly/40EM6si
#SeeWhatMatters #VisionResearch #FundFederalVisionResearch

See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...

This fall, I'll go to the capital to share my research with congressional staff and advocate for funding of scientific research on the sense of sight.

Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!

www.seewhatmatters.org

#seewhatmatters

A coalition of leading eye care and research organizations has launched a nationwide campaign to protect the National Eye Institute (NEI) from proposed federal restructuring and funding cuts. ophthalmologymanagement.com/news/2025/vi... #nationaleyeinstitute #SeeWhatMatters #ophthalmology #eyecare

Two persons cooking together in a kitchen, with text stating "15 million Americans are visually impaired" and hashtag "See What Matters."

You don’t see #VisionResearch. But it sees you. Most of us don’t think about vision research. But millions live every day with the impact of it—when it’s there, and when
it’s not. Vision research changes lives. bit.ly/3GXVIaZ
#SeeWhatMatters #FundFederalVisionResearch

See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...

Excited to partake in NAEVR/AEVR's #EmergingVisionScientist program this Fall! Will meet with members of Congress and present research to show the importance of visual research.

Check out their new campaign to learn more about Vision Science Advocacy: www.seewhatmatters.org

#SeeWhatMatters