Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, March 2026, Episode 12

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses the new Prevent Blindness Children's Vision Screening Training Course with Donna Fishman, Director of the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness.
Also in this episode:
March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month
The Person of Vision Dinner honoring Jim McGrann, March 11
Keratoconus Week at Prevent Blindness, March 23-29
Webinar: Thyroid Eye Disease: Today’s Treatments, Tomorrow’s Research, and How to Take Action, March 19
 

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, February 2026, Episode 11

In our February episode, host Christopher Hord talks about AMD and Low Vision Month, discusses Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) with Eva Potts, president and co-founder of Mary Carmel's Light, and speaks with ASPECT Program graduate Daria Bannerman about her journey with ROP.
AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness is sponsored by EyePoint, Inc. 
It Started With an Eye Exam is funded by a grant from Viatris Inc., a global healthcare company.
Find out more about Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, January 2026, Episode 10

Join us for the first episode of season two of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast. Host Christopher Hord discusses glaucoma and the coming work of Prevent Blindness with Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.
 
Find out more about glaucoma.

The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, November 2025, Episode 9

Host Christopher Hord discusses Thyroid Eye Disease week and conducts a round-table discussion on diabetes and eye health with Talana Townsend, ASPECT program graduate and President & Communication Chair of Visually Impaired Advocates in Houston; with Dr. Rajeev Ramchandran, Retina specialist at the University of Rochester; and with Nita Sinha, Senior Director of Public Health at Prevent Blindness.
Find out more about:
Diabetes Eye Disease Month
The Prevent Blindness Audio Eye Health Library

The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, October 2025, Episode 8

Host Christopher Hord interviews Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Advocacy Program member Evelyn Jordan about her journey with Stargardt disease and her work as an advisory board member of PhoneFaith, a live dial-in outreach ministry for adults who are blind or have low vision. Prevent Blindness affiliate, Prevent Blindness Texas, has launched a new podcast. October is Contact Lens Safety Month at Prevent Blindness.
World Sight Day is October 9 and was founded by the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
NOTICE: Due to the federal government shutdown, Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington have cancelled the Congressional briefing and screening event scheduled for World Sight Day on Capitol Hill.
For more information
Prevent Blindness World Sight Day events
Contact Lens Safety Month
Prevent Blindness Texas Eyespiring Podcast

The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, September 2025, Episode 7

The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, August 2025, Episode 6

In this episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, host Christopher Hord talks with Dan Roberts, M.M.E., editor-in-chief of Living Well With Low Vision and Founding Director of MD Support, Inc. 
Also in this episode:
August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness.
On September 17, 2025, Prevent Blindness will hold its final Swing Fore Sight golf tournament in conjunction with Vision Expo West in Las Vegas.

The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, July 2025, Episode 5

In our July episode:
Host Christopher Hord discusses the Prevent Blindness ASPECT patient advocacy program with Prevent Blindness staff Julie Grutzmacher, director of patient advocacy & population health initiatives; Jeanetta Price and Elisabeth Edwards, ASPECT program managers. 
Certified mindfulness teacher Eric Cooley provides an overview of mindfulness as it relates to vision loss and blindness.
July is Dry Eye Month at Prevent Blindness
Enjoy safe summer celebrations this Fourth of July. Protect your eyes from serious injury by avoiding consumer fireworks.

The Prevent Blindness Focus On Eye Health Podcast, June 2025, Episode 4

On this episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast:
The new Disney/Pixar movie, Elio, highlights eye patching and children's vision.
Apply to join the Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program.
June is Cataract Month.
Sara Brown, Senior Director, Government Affairs with Prevent Blindness; Dan Ignaszewski, Executive Director of the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR); and Philip Goglas II, Managing Partner at Health and Medicine Counsel, discuss implications of the Congressional budget reconciliation for eye and vision policies, threats to vision research funding, opportunities for grassroots advocacy, and the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children (EDVI) Act.
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The Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, May, 2025, Episode 3

In this episode of the Focus on Eye Health Podcast, Bryan and Bradford Manning, co-founders of Two Blind Brothers, discuss Stargardt disease, one type of Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) with Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. Bryan and Bradford also share the inspiration behind their company, which dedicates 100% of profits to curing blindness.
Also in this episode, information about the reintroduction of the EDVI Act, and a reminder to join Prevent Blindness for the free Focus on Eye Health Summit on May 14.