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title: "Insight news now: 🔍 Dive into a dynamic session on cutting-edge treatments for LSCD"
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Plus, submit your promising eye & vision research proposal before Sept. 22.

| View in browser Vol. 3, Issue 8 From January 1 through July 31, 5,688 donors and their families selflessly gave the gift of sight. 6,653 tissues were provided for sight-restoring transplants and 1,856 tissues helped to advance vision research and support clinical education and training. BrightMEM & KLAL-Pro for LSCD \| YPG recap  Dive into Eversight Academy’s Young Physicians Group summer meeting recap for a dynamic session on cutting-edge treatments for limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) and ocular surface rehabilitation. Learn more Eversight Eye & Vision Research Grants close Sept. 22 Submit your promising research proposal by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 22 for the opportunity to receive up to $15,000 in grant funding. Learn more and apply before applications close in two weeks.  Apply now Global sight restoration in Pakistan   With support from Eversight’s global aid program, Abu-Bakar Zafar, MD performed 10 sight-restoring corneal transplants and trained local surgeons, leaving a lasting impact not only on the patients he treated, but on himself as a surgeon, teacher and human being. See the impact Change one life for the better Ben was joyful, brilliant and driven—a passionate drummer, devoted brother, and deep thinker whose warmth and humor made others feel truly seen. Though his life was tragically cut short at age 20 by a brain aneurysm, his legacy lives on through the gift of corneal donation. Discover Ben's legacy August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM)  NMDAM highlights the importance of donation education and awareness in multicultural communities. Learn how donation brought joy and healing to Nekida Harden and her family. Learn more Eversight welcomes new leaders Welcome Brian Roberts as Chief Financial Officer and Lora Cabarios as Vice President of Philanthropy. With more than 40 years of combined experience in healthcare and nonprofit leadership, they will help advance Eversight’s mission impact. Meet the leaders Eversight’s mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research. Our vision is a world without blindness.  Eversight, 3985 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States Manage preferences |
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