Events and News Releases
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Conference
Tammy Zhong was awarded an ARVO Travel Grant to present her research.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Conference
Christian Pelayo and Tammy Zhong presented their work at ARVO 2023.
Outreach Community Health Centers Launches Teleophthalmology Program!
Outreach Community Health Center launches teleophthalmology program in March 2023 with funding from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Grant.
Cinthya Maldonado awarded NEI Diversity Supplement
Cinthya receives an NEI Diversity Supplement for redefining culturally adapted implementation program for teleophthalmology among Latinx patients at Access Community Health Centers.
Access Community Health Center Launches Teleophthalmology Program!
Access Community Health Center launches teleophthalmology program in November 2022 at Evjue and Erdman Clinics with funding from Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the State of Wisconsin Public Service Commission Telemedicine grant.
Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health
Christiana Fowlkes wins best poster (#1 of 575) at the Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.
Christian Pelayo awarded NEI Diversity Supplement
Christian receives a Diversity Supplement for his work identifying facilitators and barriers to eye care in the Latinx community with Access Community Health Centers.
Expanding Eye Screening in Rural Communities
Dr. Liu received $4.4 million in funding through a National Institutes of Health/ National Eye Institute (NIH/ NEI) UG1 grant for her I-TRUST Study (Implementation of Teleophthalmology in Rural Health Systems Study).
Reedsburg Launches a Teleophthalmology Program!
Despite COVID-19 Reedsburg Area Medical Center successfully launches their teleophthalmology program in September 2020.
Eye Care During COVID-19
Tune in to hear Dr. Liu discuss eye care during COVID-19 during her segment with Wisconsin Public Radio!
Fort HealthCare Launches Teleophthalmology!
Fort HealthCare now offers teleophthalmology at its Integrated Family Health Clinic in Fort Atkinson.
Women's Night Out Community Health Fair
Dr. Liu and members from the research team performed photo demonstrations on 76 attendees in 2019.
Channel 15 News Feature
Dr. Liu and our Diabetic Patient Advisory Council member Jeff Fairchild speaking about our telehealth program on Channel 15!
Project featured on Channel 3000 Live
Check out Dr. Liu speaking about our program on News 3 Now!
Community outreach
Dr. Liu describing the eye photo to a group of kids at the Touched Twice Community Clinic in New Lisbon. A total of 55 adults and kids were photographed at the Touched Twice Clinic on August 3rd and Sharing Supper in Mauston on June 27th
A Vision for Rural Eye Care
Check out how our project is promoting the Wisconsin Idea and making eye care more accessible in rural Wisconsin.
Touched Twice Free Community Health Clinic
Volunteers helping out at the Touched Twice Free Community Health Clinic in New Lisbon where attendees were taught how to use the eye photo camera
Wisconsin Doctors Episode on CW57
Wisconsin Doctors is a segment that discusses the latest health care offerings in South Central Wisconsin
Women's Night Out Community Health Fair
The team from the UW Specialty Clinic at the Mile Bluff Medical Center performed photo demonstrations on 86 attendees in 2016 and 66 attendees in 2017
Saving Sight Session
Dr. Liu spoke about diabetic eye disease and the uses of teleophthalmology in this seminar series at UW-Madison
Emerging Vision Scientists Congressional Reception
Our Principal Investigator, Dr. Liu, presented the project to Wisconsin’s legislators to emphasize the importance of supporting young researchers.
Project Featured on Channel 3000 News 3
Check out Dr. Liu speaking about the need for accessible screening for diabetic eye disease.
