The Edith J. Crawley Vision Science Research laboratory on the
University of Cincinnati medical campus was dedicated on April 7.
Located on the fifth floor of the
CARE/Crawley Building, the larger laboratory space includes state-of-the-art equipment that will help scientists advance research in eye-related diseases.
According to Dr. James Augburger, chair of the department of ophthalmology, they now have more than double their previous space -- allowing them to recruit additional scientists and work on finding treatments for such maladies as macular degeneration and glaucoma.
The new space was made possible by Crawley's 2003 bequest to the department of $12 million to be used to research visual disorders in older adults.
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