An oxysterol that accumulates in the eye with age can transform choroidal endothelial cells; interfering with the process might help patients with treatment-resistant age-related macular degeneration.
One of ophthalmology鈥檚 most prestigious research societies and other prominent organizations are tapping John A. Moran Eye Center physician-scientist Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, for leadership roles in 2021 as her...
The John A. Moran Eye Center鈥檚 Global Outreach Division has expanded its donor-funded local care for uninsured and under-insured Utahns to patients with diabetes and other sight-threatening retinal conditions.
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD, is investigating how lipids known as VLC-PUFAs could be used to prevent eye disease thanks to a new way to synthesize them for research.
The John A. Moran Eye Center's Clinical Ophthalmology Resource for Education (CORE) website aims to close educational gaps near and far. The unique website provides open-access, peer-reviewed ophthalmic education for...
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has selected the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah to receive an unrestricted annual grant of $115,000 to support eye research...
Researchers including the John A. Moran Eye Center鈥檚 Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, are identifying the scope of the problem as outreach experts like Moran鈥檚 Jeff Pettey, MD, work to solve...
Each year the American Academy of Ophthalmology brings together physicians from across the country to learn and discuss the latest and greatest in care. The COVDI-19 pandemic prompted the annual...
Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, has been named the John A. Moran Eye Center鈥檚 inaugural Vice-Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). As a key part of Moran鈥檚 senior management team...
When Manuela Lechuga explains the reason she needs to see well, it鈥檚 not about her own desire to remove the cloudy haze that has been stealing her vision, preventing her...
Ophthalmology leaders nationwide have ranked the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah as among the top 12 programs in the nation when it comes to clinical...
John A. Moran Eye Center physicians will restore vision to 12 Utahns in need on Saturday, October 24, by performing free cataract surgery during Moran鈥檚 Operation Sight Day.
Moran鈥檚 2020 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar is an accomplished researcher who has already contributed to medical advances using new imaging technology to detect eye diseases earlier...