Dr. Joseph F. Rizzo III was named one of three investigators to receive grant funding as part of the Vision Prosthesis Pilot Study — a congressionally-directed medical research program of the US Department of Defense (USDOD).
Dr. Rizzo — director of neuro-ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the David Glendenning Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School — plans to use the support to help his research team develop a test a visual prosthetic to restore vision to those with severe visual impairment.
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Source: Massachusetts Eye and Ear