The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) will co-host a Congressional briefing on July 12, 2017, to present highlights from the TFOS Dry Eye Workshop II (TFOS DEWS II™) Report.
The TFOS DEWS II report — which will reportedly be published in July in the journal The Ocular Surface as part of July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month — is the first re-examination of the topic since the initial report issued in 2007. TFOS DEWS II will reportedly update the definition, classification, and diagnosis of dry eye; critically evaluate the epidemiology, pathophysiology, mechanism, and impact of the disease; address its management and therapy; and develop recommendations for the design of clinical trials to assess pharmaceutical interventions.
The Congressional briefing, "Dry Eye: An Updated Definition, A Greater Impact on Vision Health," will reportedly be held on July 12, 2017 from 12 noon to 1:15pm. The briefing, which will be bookended by a "Test Your Tears" dry eye screening and dry eye researcher poster presentation, is reportedly part of a Congressional dry eye education program as it impacts healthcare policy and federal research funding is being used to study dry eye causes and develop treatments.
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Source: Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society