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September 30, 2025“Seeing Change”: Partnering with Indigenous Patients to Reimagine Eye Care in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
The “Seeing Change” project was awarded the UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund in February 2025.
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October 3, 2024Travelling eye care with the VLRC Eye Van: Finding peace, patience, and gratitude in a remote Ontario community
Natalie Mezey, a medical student at Queen's University, is an Affiliate Member of the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision. In the summer of 2024, she returned to volunteer with the Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Eye Van, a fully equipped, mobile eye clinic that travels more than 6,000…
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September 13, 2023Exposure With The Eye Van: An Eye-Opening View of Delivering Care in Underserved Communities
By: Natalie Mezey Natalie Mezey, an MD Candidate at Queen's University, is an Affiliate Member of the Research Excellence Cluster in Vision. She had the opportunity to volunteer with the Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Eye Van, a fully equipped, mobile eye clinic that travels more…
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October 10, 2022Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Alis Xu
New paper by first author Dr. Alis Xu in Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group reveals that Müller cells--pivotal cells in the retina that support neurons--degenerate in the Alzheimer's diseased retina. Here, we interviewed Dr. Xu. Read More Tell us about…