Our attendees included:
Dr. Eleni Beli, Lecturer of School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast
Prof. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi, Prof. of Ophthalmic Health and Care at UCL, Lead Nurse for Research at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, NIHR Programme Director Senior Research Leaders for NMAHPs and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing
Dr. Alicia Fothergill, Specialist Optometrist at Moorfields and awardee of our NIHR Moorfields BRC Career Enhancement Programme.
Dr. Bethany E Higgins, Research Fellow at City St George’s, University of London and UCL and Vice President, Women in Vision UK
Prof. Sobha Sivaprasad, NIHR Moorfields BRC Theme Co-lead: Vascular Disease and Inflammation
Prof. Sir Peng Khaw and Prof. Andrew Dick, Co-Directors BRC
Lady Peggy Khaw, BRC
Women in Eye and Vision Research (WEAVR) is an initiative of the ARVO Foundation to further develop and strengthen women who are pursuing careers in the visual sciences. WEAVR supports and promotes networking, career development, and access to research opportunities for female vision scientists. WEAVR raises philanthropic dollars to support the ARVO Foundation through its annual WEAVR Luncheon.
The WEAVR Leadership Committee provides strategic direction for WEAVR’s fundraising activities and leads WEAVR’s initiatives for networking and career development for women. The proceeds of the event are used to support women in visual sciences and paid for Developing Country Eye Researcher Travel Fellowships for female scientists to attend this year’s ARVO meeting.
Proceeds also underwrite the Women’s Leadership Development Program which takes emerging women’s leaders from ARVOs membership and gives them a year-long learning experience focused on leadership skill development and facilitating leadership opportunities and networking within ARVO. The programme started in 2016 and hosts nine- fifteen female participants and their mentors each year.