ANZEF Grant 2024 Recipients
Recipients of the 2024 ANZEF Grant Round We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 ANZEF Grant Round! This year’s initiative will allocate AUD$228,915 in crucial grant funding to these six significant projects, advancing eye health equity and access in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region: Top End Preschool Vision Screening Pilot: […]
RANZCO runs the 54th annual City2Surf
RANZCO runs the 54th annual City2Surf RANZCO Learning Delivery Manager Tessa Hayward, who embodies team spirit and community fundraising, gathered a team to participate in this year’s Sydney City2Surf, to raise awareness and funds for ANZEF. The ANZEF Runners, comprising Tessa, Emma van Niekerk, Ellen Cooper and Pip Lyndon-James from RANZCO’s Education Team, and RANZCO […]
ANZEF Committee welcomes two new members
The ANZEF Committee Welcomes Two New Members ANZEF is delighted to welcome two outstanding new members to the Committee. A/Prof Andrea Vincent A/Prof Andrea Vincent (FRANZCO) is a renowned clinician-scientist ophthalmologist based in Auckland, New Zealand. A/Prof Vincent specialises in inherited retinal diseases, ocular genetics and paediatric ophthalmology. Her many notable contributions include the establishment […]
Rosamond Gilden awarded prestigious IAPB Young Systems Leader Award at 2030 In Sight Mexico
Rosamond Gilden awarded prestigious IAPB Young Systems Leader Award at 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE Mexico At the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) 2030 INSIGHT LIVE in Mexico (held 25 – 27 June 2024), Orthoptist Rosemond Gilden was awarded the prestigious Young Systems Leader Award alongside eight other recipients. The award recognises emerging […]
NATSIEHC24: “Our Vision in Action”
NATSIEHC24: “Our Vision in Action” The 2024 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference (NATSIEHC24) recently concluded in nipaluna, lutruwita/Hobart, Tasmania. This landmark event, co-led by the First Nations Eye Health Alliance (FNEHA) and the University of Melbourne Indigenous Eye Health Unit (IEHU), brought together key stakeholders to advance eye health for First […]
ANZEF at RANZCO Congress 2023
ANZEF at RANZCO Congress 2023 Some highlights from RANZCO’s 54th Annual Congress, held 20-23 October in Perth, Western Australia: ANZEF Committee Chair Dr John Kennedy presented at the RANZCO Plenary on the Saturday (20 October) to provide an update on the Foundations activities and priorities. A detailed summary of what John spoke on, including ANZEF […]