ISPB and Prevent Blindness Illinois (PBIL) have declared April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month. We offer free resources, including FACT SHEETS, shareable SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, educational videos and web pages, on a range of eye health issues that predominantly affect women.
Women also have a higher incidence of refractive error. And, women may also experience vision changes during PREGNANCY and/or menopause.
ISPB/PBIL ADVISES that women can help protect their vision and eye health by:
following a healthy diet,
exercising regularly,
not smoking,
learning about any family history of eye diseases as some may increase their risk of disease, and discussing it with their eye care provider,
seeking treatment early for any conditions that can lead to vision impairment and receive follow-up care.
ISPB offers unique grant opportunities supporting mentored pre-clinical or clinical research programs designed to foster junior investigator development while advancing clinical care in ophthalmology and optometry. Preference is given to high-quality grant submissions from applicants (PI) that are at the start of their career, including medical students, residents, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, and other junior faculty in the ophthalmology and optometry fields.
Please Note: APPLICATIONS are due on May 1, 2025 by midnight with awards announced in June. Checks are issued once grant recipients provide the final paperwork. Research projects must be completed by June 30th of the following calendar year.
For more information and criteria, please visit HERE
Community Happenings
Our staff, team of interns, and volunteers provide eye health education and outreach at all types of community events - including health fairs, presentations, conferences, and screenings!
April 26, 2025
11:00am - Healthy Kids Day 2025 (YMCA): Berwyn, IL
If you have an event you'd like ISPB/PBIL to attend, please reach out to rbarraza@preventblindness.org !
Save the date!
Join us for the 2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit, a groundbreaking gathering of leaders in public health, eye care, and government sectors. This year’s theme, Perspectives in Vision, emphasizes the need for a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to addressing eye health challenges in an evolving world.
