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2024 Faces of OIUF Online Auction
November 29, 2024 at 12:00PM - December 6, 2024 at 8:00PM
This year, we will be holding our "Annual Auction" online only. Bidding will be open for one week with item pickup/shipping following. We will be adding items as the week progresses, so check back often, and follow our social media for updates. Our exciting auction items are curated by our Foundation staff, board, and fellows and will give you an opportunity to get to know them better through their personal interests and hobbies.
Proceeds will benefit OIUF's ground-breaking research and educational efforts in ocular immunology and ocular inflammatory disease.
About OIUF
The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation is a 501c(3) national non-profit organization dedicated to:
- Finding cures for ocular inflammatory diseases
- Erasing the worldwide deficit of properly trained ocular immunologists, and
- Providing education and emotional support for those patients afflicted with ocular inflammatory disease.
Inflammatory diseases of the eye are among the most common causes of vision loss, with an economic impact on the order of diabetic retinopathy, accounting for 10 to 15% of blindness in developed countries, including the United States. There are approximately 45 million blind persons in the United States, and the same situation exists, according to reports from many other developed countries, throughout the civilized world. Many of the individuals blinded by inflammation are young and faced with a lifetime of blindness. The economic burden produced by ocular inflammation is considerable.
OIUF is currently conducting two research projects funded by NIH grants, 6 other grant supported research projects, and is independently supporting 14 other research projects by generous donations from fundraisers like the annual auction benefit.
In addition to Research, our services include:
- 6 support group meetings at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
- Online Support for patients, kids, and families
- Pathfinders Program (patient to patient support)
- Ocular Inflammatory Disease educational guides and documentaries
- Fellowship training
- Physician Education and Patient Conferences
- Publications (Text Books, Articles, Monographs)
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