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Wilmer eye institute

A group photo of students and volunteers
World sight day
Setting sights higher
Published Oct 10, 2019 Video
University and city leaders join students and families for a Vision for Baltimore health fair at Henderson-Hopkins school in East Baltimore
Eye drops
Vision
Dry eye syndrome slows reading rate, study suggests
Published Dec 27, 2018
Slow reading rate can significantly disrupt daily tasks that require visual concentration for long periods of time
Phoropter for vision test
Machine Learning
AI for eyes
Published July 31, 2018
Hopkins researchers chart a course for using artificial intelligence to diagnose degenerative eye conditions
Vision for Baltimore
Clear vision for city students
Published March 8, 2017
Citywide program celebrates distributing 1,000 free pairs of glasses to Baltimore students in its first 10 months
glasses on top of a stack of books
20/20 in the classroom
Published Fall 2016
To a striking degree, children's school performance—and how they feel and behave in class—is affected by vision / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Global Health
Hopkins Medicine launches Zika center
Published Aug 24, 2016
Center team will provide comprehensive care to patients with mosquito-borne virus, conduct research
Students try on glasses
Community partnership
Vision for Baltimore
Published May 10, 2016
Vision for Baltimore includes three-year study of how eyeglasses affect reading skills, academic performance
Inside the Brain Science Institute
Published Spring 2014
Brain Science Institute researchers seek to understand the most fundamental questions about what goes on in our heads. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Laser danger
You'll shoot your eye out
Published Dec 3, 2013
High-power blue laser toys linked to serious eye damage / Hopkins Medicine
From slums to surgical suite
Published Nov 2013
Physician recounts path from Lebanese ghetto to Wilmer Eye Institute / Gazette