News & Events

  • Research calls for renewed focus on eye safety equipment

    09 May 2012

    The Centre for Eye Research Australia has found that more than half of the people presenting to the emergency department for eye damage caused by metal fragments were not wearing eye safety glasses at the time of their accident.

  • CERA receives Novartis Infrastructure Grant

    07 May 2012

    The Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has been awarded a $160,000 Infrastructure Grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia to purchase a Spectralis Optical Coherence Topography (OCT) machine.

     

  • Saving sight in people with diabetes

    02 May 2012

    The Centre for Eye Research Australia has developed a new diabetic retinopathy screening service. People with diabetes will be offered a free screening for diabetic retinopathy to help detect early changes in their eyes and prevent vision loss later in life.

  • Professor Hugh Taylor AC immortalised by award winning artist

    17 April 2012

    Harold Mitchell Chair of Indigenous Eye Health and Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) founder Professor Hugh Taylor AC has been immortalised in a portrait by well-known Australian artist Evert Ploeg.

  • Meet CERA's Class of 2012

    30 March 2012

    CERA's higher degree research program attracts some of the best and brightest future research stars.