Annual Review 2025
Supporters and acknowledgements 2025
The following generous people and organisations have supported CERA to work towards a world free from vision loss and blindness.
We are grateful for the many generous contributions to our research made by individual donors, along with the support of philanthropic trusts and foundations, industry, government and our member organisations.
Major gifts ($10,000+)
Dorothy Baylis
Peto Bros Pty Ltd
Renate Daniell
Ronald Dennis
Alexandra and Fred Grimwade Peter Lemon
Sherrill Muir
Fairlie and Dennis Nassau Sally and Justin O’Day Jane and Julian Rait, OAM
We also pay tribute to donors who wish for their contributions to remain anonymous.
Trusts and foundations ($10,000+)
The A & E Finkel Foundation Trust
Australian Vision Research
The Angior Family Foundation
APS Foundation
Betty Brenda Spinks Charitable Trust
BrightFocus Foundation
The CASS Foundation
Cuthbertson Family Fund
The Danny Wallis Philanthropic Foundation
DHB Foundation
EQT Foundation
The Felton Bequest
The Glaucoma Foundation
GRAS Foundation
The Harold Mitchell Foundation
H & L Hecht Trust
HCF Research Foundation
The Jack Brockhoff Foundation
Lions 201V3 Ride for Sight
Macular Disease Foundation Australia
Marjorie M Kingston Charitable Trust
Michelmore Foundation
The Millar Foundation
The Peggy and Leslie Cranbourne Foundation
Retina Australia
Ruth Marie Sampson Foundation
Victorian Lions Foundation Inc
Bequests ($10,000+)
Estate of Mavis Mary Ford
Estate of Otto Kohn to honour the members of the Otto Kohn family who perished in the Holocaust in 1944.
Estate of Harold Raymond Muir
Estate of Joan Palmer
Estate of Marjorie Roberts
Estate of Edith Taylor
Corporate supporters
Bayer Australia Ltd
Oculus BioMed Ltd
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia
Roche
Endowments
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the University of Melbourne in the ongoing management and direction of the following endowed funds to support our research:
Alfred Noel Curphey Fund
Dorothy Adele Edols Research Fund managed by Perpetual Ltd
Floris J & H Dallas Wiseman Charitable Trust
Hazel Jean Eastham Bequest
Louisa Jean de Bretteville Bequest
Maurice Cantlon Memorial Fund
Nancy Jean Bickart Bequest managed by Perpetual Ltd
Ringland Anderson Chair of Ophthalmology Fund
Winifred Hallam Monds Bequest
Government
Breakthrough Victoria
CUREator+ Medical Research Future Fund
Medical Research Future Fund
National Health and Medical Research Council
Victorian Medical Research Accelerator Fund
Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Fund
Members
Diabetes Victoria
Glaucoma Australia
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
University of Melbourne
Victorian Lions Foundation
Vision Australia
Partnerships and
associations
Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery
Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI)
Brandon Capital
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Medical Research Commercialisation Fund
MedTech Actuator
MedicVision.AI
Melbourne Academic Centre for Health
St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne
Tin Alley Ventures
University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund
World Health Organization
The Advanced Genomics Collaboration (TAGC)
Honorary Governors
Peter Clemenger AO (and the late Joan Clemenger OAM)
Andrew Fairley AM
Professor John Funder AC
The Hon Dr Barry Jones AC
Charles Macek
Tina McMeckan
Andrew G Michelmore AO
Peter Nankivell
Margaret S Ross AM
Professor Hugh Taylor AC
Professor Bob Williamson AO