Save Sight Institute
The Discipline of Ophthalmology and Eye Health was established in 1966 and the Save Sight Institute for Community Ophthalmology was established in 1985. The vision of the Save Sight Institute is sight for life for the whole community. Its research focus aims
- To influence better eye care through research, teaching and service.
- To empower the community to become advocates for eye health.
- To generate eye health initiatives that are appropriate, affordable, acceptable and accessible to all members of the community, including remote and rural Australia.
- To increase research activities to solve unanswered problems in diagnosis and sight restoration.
- To discover new eye health initiatives through the interface of community, clinical and laboratory-based research.
- To share in overseas programs for prevention of needless blindness.
Contact details
Professor Frank Billson
Director of Save Sight Institute
Phone: +61 2 9382 7302
Fax: +61 2 9382 7300
Email:
Dr John Grigg
Head of Discipline (Ophthalmology), Sydney Eye Hospital
Phone: +61 2 9382 7300
Fax: +61 2 9382 7318
Email: clinic@eye.usyd.edu.au