Vision Research Foundation is excited to announce our 2025 Travel Scholarship has been awarded to Andrew Holmes. 

Our founder, Chair and Scientific Director, Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer, has made it to The Ophthalmologist Power List 2025 for the 3rd year running.

Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer was on TVNZ's Seven Sharp earlier this week to raise awareness and encourage viewers to see their optometrist for regular ocular health checks.

Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer has been elected by Royal Society Te Apārangi as one of the 23 new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows.

Prof. Helen Danesh-Meyer recently joined 18 Vision Research Foundation Travel Scholarship recipients at the 2024 Women in Vision Aotearoa conference in Queenstown.

Vision Research Foundation is excited to announce we have awarded a 3 year PhD Scholarship to Umayal Venkatasamy. 

Umayal’s PhD research focuses on using deep learning to detect, quantify and predict Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at its early stages using MR imaging.

Originally from South Africa, Dr. Dineo Mpe and her family moved to New Zealand, where she completed high school in Whangarei. She then graduated from medical school in Auckland and now works as a research fellow for Eye Institute, Vision Research Foundation and Mātai Medical Research Institute.

Dineo is involved in innovative research projects, including developing new treatments for pterygium and creating extended depth of focus lenses for glaucoma patients. Her research aims to advance ophthalmic care and improve patient outcomes.

At an inaugural fundraiser partnered with Glaucoma New Zealand, around 100 invited guests gained an exclusive look at transformative glaucoma research.

The Ophthalmologist Power List 2023 shines the spotlight on 100 individuals who have demonstrated “Ten Years of Excellence and Impact in Ophthalmology.”

Vision Research Foundation Scientific Director, Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer, was named number 18 on the power list.

Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ophthalmology in the King’s New Year Honours List.

Cited in the Honours List for her service to the community, Prof Danesh-Meyer has founded major organisations to advocate for the rights of patients, promote public health and science, and inform government policy.