We invite you to review information on our on-going programs and our research faculty. Corporate sponsored clinical research studies and trials are administered through the participating specialties within New England Eye Center. Research Faculty Research programs at the New England Eye Center are funded by the National Eye Institute , the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund , Research to Prevent Blindness , other federal agencies, private foundations, commercial organizations, and philanthropy. Why vision research and eye public health initiatives are important 80 million Americans have potentially blinding eye diseases. 14 million Americans are estimated to have low vision.
Visual impairment is one of the ten most common disabilities in America.
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in Americans under 65. African-Americans are twice as likely to be visually impaired as are whites of comparable socioeconomic status. Many infants and young children are at high risk for vision problems because of hereditary, prenatal and perinatal factors. Research in the 1980s and 1990s found that amblyopia, a leading cause of visual impairment in children, results from visual problems in very early life. Programming and Design by MOJO Interactive, 2000.