For more than 40 years, the Glaucoma Research Foundation has funded innovative clinical and laboratory research. We’ve done so thanks to the help and dedication of the community, who have stood by and supported us in our mission to makes lives better and to find a cure. With your continued financial support and involvement, we will continue to lead the way in research until a cure is found.
The goal of the Catalyst for a Cure Vision Restoration Initiative is to come up with a novel strategy to save or replace lost retinal nerve cells and reconnect them to the brain. Read More »
Our multidisciplinary consortium is working together to speed the cure for glaucoma and restore vision.
We provide seed money for creative projects that hold promise and explore new research territory.
Interested in specific advances? We publish information about new research results as it becomes available.
Annually we bring together leading experts to discuss new ideas that could lead to better treatments and a cure for glaucoma.
Michelle McMillan graduated from Spelman College and wants to practice law. She was diagnosed with glaucoma at 17.
There is no specific level of elevated eye pressure that definitely leads to glaucoma; conversely, there is no lower level of IOP that will absolutely eliminate a person's risk of developing glaucoma.
