CERA

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

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