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Usher-Syndrome expert speaks at Capitol Hill Feb. 5
William Kimberling, Ph.D., a University of Iowa visiting professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences spoke on February 5 on Capitol Hill, on understanding and diagnosing Usher syndrome, the leading cause of combined blindness and deafness in the United States.
The briefing focused on how researchers studying deafness and retinal degenerations are working together toward potential treatments. Kimberling currently is collaborating with researchers at the UI Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration. Kimberling directs the Center for the Study and Treatment of Usher Syndrome at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha and is also a professor of biomedical sciences at the Creighton University School of Medicine.
Related Article from National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) (link added Feb. 26, 2009)
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