Partners
The Centre for Eye Research Australia is an active member and project partner in a number of eye health collaborations and networks.
Bionic Vision Australia
Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) is a partnership of world-leading Australian research institutions collaborating to develop an advanced retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye, to restore vision for people with degenerative or inherited retinal disease. The Centre for Eye Research Australia is a core partner of the consortium that also includes the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales, the Bionic Ear Institute, and NICTA. CERA researchers are responsible for the surgical and clinical research sub-programs. Read more about our Bionic Eye Research.
Vision Cooperative Research Centre
CERA is one of four core partners who have been working together since 2003 in the successful Vision CRC.
Vision 2020 Australia
CERA is an active member of Vision 2020 Australia, a national membership body of some 50 eye health and vision impairment support organisations working in partnership to prevent avoidable blindness and improve vision care.
CERA is part of the Vision 2020 Australia Global Consortium that is partnering with the Australian Government to help eliminate avoidable blindness in the Pacific under the AusAID funded ‘Avoidable Blindness Initiative’.
World Health Organization
CERA is a designated WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness, the only such centre in Australia. Professor Jill Keeffe is the Director of the Collaborating Centre at CERA.
The Terms of Reference for the Collaborating Centre are:
- To participate actively in the development of activities for the prevention of blindness.
- To provide facilities for the training of personnel at different professional levels, especially from developing countries.
- To conduct applied field research on the epidemiology, management and operational aspects of avoidable blindness.
- To foster a multidisciplinary approach to the promotion of eye health and to the delivery of eye care, including rehabilitation, to all.
- To participate in the collection, elaboration and distribution of pertinent information.
