A new research article published last week in JAMA Ophthalmology, “Incidence and progression of myopia during early adulthood”, suggests regular eye checks are essential in young adulthood – in your 20s – to detect the onset and progression of shortsightedness, known as myopia, which could increase a person’s risk of vision-related complications later in life…. Read more

Congratulations to Associate Professor Kris Rallah-Baker for being selected to deliver the second annual Barry Jones Vision Oration. The oration was released on 8 December on the Vision 2020 Australia website. A proud Yuggera and Biri-Gubba man, A/Prof Rallah-Baker is a highly respected ophthalmologist and is one of the founding members of the Australian Indigenous… Read more

Ben is 34 and blind. Here is his story… Ben was 12 years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He didn’t realise how much it would change his life. Listen to Ben’s journey with diabetes-related vision loss in this video, and read more about how a new initiative is helping children with… Read more

Families living with genetic mutations that cause a rare genetic eye disease, Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), will benefit from new research published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The research was led by Professor David Mackey AO (pictured right) from the Lions Eye Institute, and Dr Isabel Lopez-Sanchez from the Centre for Eye… Read more

We are delighted to share the fantastic news that Vision Pharma (a joint venture between the Lions Eye Institute and PYC Therapeutics) is the overall winner of the 2021 Western Australia Innovator of the Year Awards for its innovation ‘VP-001 to treat retinitis pigmentosa 11’. Our very own Dr Fred Chen (pictured far right) has… Read more

The Lions Eye Institute extends its congratulations to Qiang Li for winning the prize for Best Student Presentation at last week’s Raine Study Annual Scientific Meeting. Qiang was one of eight students who presented at the 2021 event. Qiang, a medical student at The University of Western Australia, has spent the last year and a half… Read more

Have you ever wondered how your eye colour is determined? It’s not as straightforward as you think! Professor David Mackey is a genetics expert and researcher at the Lions Eye Institute, and he recently answered this question on The Naked Scientists – a science podcast and radio show. The answer is fascinating and more complex… Read more

The Lions Eye Institute’s race to cure inherited retinal diseases, the leading cause of childhood blindness in Australia, is being supported by the incredible work of Telethon. Finding new treatments for Usher syndrome in a world first Dr Livia Carvalho has made it her life’s mission to discover treatments that will help the many children… Read more

Bill remembers feeling fear. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2019 for his service to wildlife conservation, he was losing his sight due to a condition that caused corneal swelling, and everything he lived for was slipping away. He struggled giving talks in schools as the Western Australian coordinator of the famous… Read more

This week is the 10th annual DonateLife Week. Australia leads the world for successful organ and tissue transplants and this DonateLife Week, you can give the gift of sight by signing up to become an organ and tissue donor. Why become an eye donor? Eye tissue transplants, specifically corneal and scleral tissue, save the sight… Read more