The issue
- Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision
loss in Canadians over 60.
- There is currently no cure for age-related vision loss.
- Eye Institute must attract top researchers and create new lab
space to study these disorders.
The solution
- Build a new floor onto the existing Eye Institute to add 30,000
sq.ft. of clinical and research laboratory space.
Expected benefits
- New technology and state-of-the-art research and patient facilities.
- Industry collaborations that will put Eye Institute researchers
at the leading edge of vision research.
- Increased access to advanced clinical trials right here in Ottawa.
- Eye Institute will work toward significantly reducing and hopefully
finding a cure for age-related blindness.
We need the community’s support to raise the last $700,000
to complete and open the new floor.
You can donate
online, download our donation
form or call us at 613-761-4295.
Artist's rendering of the future Centre
for Research on Age-Related Blindness at the University of Ottawa
Eye Institute, The Ottawa Hospital.
