Retinoblastoma study suggests way to diagnose tumor
Research at USC Roski Eye Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles focuses on a liquid biopsy.
USC’s Mark Humayun, Shri Narayanan elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The two researchers are among eight NAI fellows from the university, including President C. L. Max Nikias.
Life may get easier for glaucoma patients taking eye drops
A company named after the Greek god of healing develops an application for timed release of medication.
Mark Humayun receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
President Obama presents the prestigious honor recognizing contributions to American ingenuity and quality of life.
Visionary gift names the USC Roski Eye Institute
$25 million gift from Gayle and Edward Roski supports USC’s initiatives to restore and preserve the sight of patients worldwide.
USC Eye Institute location open near University Park Campus
The office offers exams, lens fittings and walk-in purchases in the University Gateway building.
Affordable glasses with lenses that need no prescription
Teams in the Min Family Engineering Social Entrepreneurship Challenge hope to boost technology through budding businesses.
USC Eye Institute study seeks cures to childhood myopia
Study of 9,000 Los Angeles-area children confirms global trend — the incidence of childhood myopia is increasing at an alarming pace.
USC researchers find way to improve image sharpness for blind people with retinal implants
Increasing the duration of stimulus pulses allows visualization of distinct focal spots of light.
Promising USC study focuses on treatment for dry eyes
A natural protein in tears could help researchers looking at the common affliction.
Vision loss reversed in people with diabetic eye disease
A common prescription drug may help reduce cases of blindness by 75 percent in Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites.
USC Eye Institute adds specialists
The institute focuses on growth and physicians with a multicultural pedigree.
USC Eye Institute opens new clinic in choice Arcadia location
The ophthalmology clinic moves to a convenient area for the community.
USC Eye Institute recruits two leading specialists
The cornea and neuro-ophthalmology experts will head their respective programs.
A single genetic change can cause cancerous tumors in a child’s eyes
Retinoblastoma cell of origin is identified at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
International expert in eye diseases returns to Keck School
The accomplished physician/scientist also will serve as a professor of ophthalmology and preventive medicine.
Clinical trial to study loss of vision
Keck Medicine of USC research to slow vision loss for macular degeneration patients has been funded as part of the third round of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s Disease Team awards.
Humayun named first director of USC Eye Institute
Mark Humayun has been named the inaugural director of the USC Eye Institute and interim chair of the USC Department of Ophthalmology.
LA County honors Puliafito for innovation, leadership
Carmen A. Puliafito, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has won the Los Angeles County Medical Association’s Innovation Award for Technology.
Targeted meds focus on eye disease
When a service member sustains an eye injury during combat, it is rare that he or she has immediate access to eye drops or medical facilities.
USC eye scientists present new research at global conference
Science that goes from the lab to the bedside was the focal point of this year’s Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting, the largest gathering of eye and vision researchers in the world.