- media clips
Speakers Urge More Dry Eye Disease Research as Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month 2018 with a Capitol Hill Briefing and Screening
July 11, 2018 - NAEVR
On July 11, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) joined with the vision community and coalition partners (see bottom box) in recognizing July 2018 as Dry Eye Awareness Month—the second year of this re-formalized and expanded event that included a Congressional Briefing and “Test Your Tears” Dry Eye Screening, along with Congressional delegation visits managed by the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR). The Briefing focused on the TFOS Dry Eye Workshop II™ Report (TFOS DEWS II™), published in The Ocular Surface journal in July 2017, and how it has impacted clinical practice and research. TFOS DEWS II™ was the first re-examination of the topic since the initial TFOS DEWS™ report issued in 2007, updating the definition, classification, and diagnosis of dry eye; critically evaluating the epidemiology, pathophysiology, mechanism, and impact of the disease; addressing its management and therapy; and developing recommendations for the design of clinical trials to assess pharmaceutical interventions.
continue reading this article