Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, July 2026, Episode 16

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses dry eye with Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program [https://preventblindness.org/aspect-patient-engagement-program] participants Aidan Moore, co-founder and executive director of the Dry Eye Foundation [https://www.dryeyefoundation.org/], and Pam Gaio, an individual living with dry eye. July is Dry Eye Month [https://preventblindness.org/2026-dry-eye-month] at Prevent Blindness. Dry Eye Month is supported by OCuSOFT Inc. [http://www.ocusoft.com/], a privately held eye and skin care company dedicated to innovation in eyelid hygiene and ocular health. Find out more about the Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision Award [https://preventblindness.org/2026-strickland-award-nominations/]. Find out more about consumer fireworks and eye safety [https://preventblindness.org/prevent-eye-injuries-from-fireworks/].

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, June 2026, Episode 15

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses cataracts [https://preventblindness.org/cataract/] with Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program [https://preventblindness.org/aspect-patient-engagement-program/] participant and cataract patient Ashley Mangen, who is also a member of the Prevent Blindness Ohio [https://ohio.preventblindness.org/] board of directors. Find out more about safe summer celebrations and firework safety [https://preventblindness.org/prevent-eye-injuries-from-fireworks/].

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, May 2026, Episode 14

This month on the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, host Christopher Hord talks to Emmy Award-winning writer and performer Ellen Gould. Ms. Gould discusses the musical she created about her experience as a person living with Stargardt Disease, titled “Seeing Stars.”   Find out more: The Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series https://preventblindness.org/focus-on-eye-health-webinar-series/ [https://preventblindness.org/focus-on-eye-health-webinar-series/]   Stargardt Disease https://preventblindness.org/stargardt-disease/ [https://preventblindness.org/stargardt-disease/]   Inherited Retinal Diseases https://preventblindness.org/inherited-retinal-diseases/ [https://preventblindness.org/inherited-retinal-diseases/]   Ellen Gould, Seeing Stars https://www.ellengould.org/seeing-stars [https://www.ellengould.org/seeing-stars]

Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, April 2026, Episode 13

April is Women's Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness. Host Christopher Hord talks with Sherrol Reynolds, O.D., Professor of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Chief of the Davie Primary Care Clinic, Director of the Retina Clinic, and long-time Prevent Blindness volunteer about what women need to know to help protect their vision and keep eyes healthy, specifically while managing chronic conditions such as diabetes. Find out more [https://preventblindness.org/womens-eye-health-safety-2026/].

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 [https://preventblindness.org/workplace-eye-wellness-month-2026/] * The Person of Vision Dinner honoring Jim McGrann [https://preventblindness.org/calendar/2026-person-of-vision-dinner/], March 11 * Keratoconus Week at Prevent Blindness [https://preventblindness.org/keratoconus/], March 23-29 * Webinar: Thyroid Eye Disease: Today’s Treatments, Tomorrow’s Research, and How to Take Action [https://preventblindness.org/calendar/ted-webinar-2026/], March 19