Speakers: Astra Dinculescu, PhD and Jacque Duncan, MD

Speaker: Dana Aravich MS, OTR/L

Speakers: Justin Bishop and Becca Meyers

Speaker: Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA

Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD

Speakers: Alina Dumitrescu, MD, Erin O'Neil, MD and Peter Quinn, PhD

June 24, 2022. Rachel Wong, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Biological Structure at the University of Washington in Seattle, discusses the beauty and complexity of retinal circuitry and why the work in her lab is so important to the advancement of treatments and cures for people with inherited retinal diseases. Dr. Wong delivered the prestigious Friedenwald Award Lecture at the 2022 annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

June 10, 2022. Frank Bruni, a popular NY Times columnist, book author, and Duke journalism professor, talks with host Ben Shaberman about his eclectic career, journey with vision loss, and latest book, "The Beauty of Dusk."

May 6, 2022. Host Ben Shaberman talks with Ash Jayagopal, chief scientific officer at Opus Genetics, a company launched by the Foundation Fighting Blindness to advance gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases into clinical trials. The company is targeting rare retinal conditions, including forms of Leber congenital amaurosis, that aren't being addressed by other companies.

Alkeus Pharmaceuticals reported that its emerging treatment for Stargardt disease slowed the growth of retinal atrophy – i.e., the area of damage to the retina – by approximately 30 percent per year for patients in its Phase 2 TEASE clinical trial at seven clinical research centers in the US.