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 E-Mail Three University of Pennsylvania researchers have been honored by The Sanford and Sue Greenberg Prize to End Blindness by 2020 for their research, which led to the first Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapy for a genetic disease. Gustavo D. Aguirre of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Jean Bennett and Albert M. Maguire of the Perelman School of Medicine, together with William Hauswirth of the University of Florida, are recipients of the Outstanding Achievement Prize, awarded in a virtual ceremony. The four scientists share a $1 million prize, funds that will go to s...

Sandy Greenberg and his college roommate made a covenant 60-some years ago: If either was ever in real need, the other would have his back. They were a couple of Jewish kids from upstate and downstate – Greenberg from Buffalo, his roommate from Queens – who hit it off from the moment they met as freshmen. Each would go on to landmark careers. And each has the other to thank for that. When Greenberg went blind, in his junior year, his family begged him not to return to Columbia University. Amid the mad bustle of New York, they thought he would be hit by a bus or fall down a man...

 E-Mail IMAGE: David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of ophthalmology in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. view more  Credit: OHSU/John Valls An ophthalmologist and researcher at Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute is being honored for co-inventing an eye imaging technology that is widely used to diagnose and guide treatment for people with the leading causes of blindness. David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., will be awarded a Visionary Prize from the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize to End Blindness during a live-streamed ceremony on Dec. 14. Hu...

LVPEI bags prestigious Greenberg Prize Updated: Updated: Dr. G.N. Rao will receive the award in the outstanding achievement category Share Article Dr. G.N. Rao will receive the award in the outstanding achievement category The LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has added another feather to its cap by being selected for the prestigious ‘Greenberg Prize – End Blindness 2020’. Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, Founder-Chair, LVPEI, will receive the award in the ‘outstanding achievement prize’ category. The winners were chosen based on the strength of their contributions to eliminate blindness. ‘En...