InSight Blindness is second only to cancer when it comes to health conditions people fear most, according to a Gallup poll. So it may come as a surprise that funding for eye research was practically nonexistent until the organization Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) was founded in 1960. Before that,ophthalmology was a second-tier medical specialty in the United States. Eye care was relegated to the division of surgery in most medical schools, and few basic scientists conducted research on
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Research to Prevent Blindness partners with department to fund important research initiatives (from MMF)
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