This month, the 2015 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research was awarded to Ophthalmology  Prof. Bob Massof of  John Hopkins University’s School of Medicine. The prestigious award, named after the brave woman who impressed the world with her coruage to overcome blindness and deafness, honors those who dedicate their careers to low vision awareness and research. Prof. Massof is known for his contributions to low vision rehabilitiation research, and he also helped develop the first head-mounted low vision assistive technology designed for the visually impaired. He’s humbled to be the recipient of this award, which is the result of decades of work. Learn about his involvement with the Lions Club, and an interesting connection between this veterans organization and Helen Keller herself; click the link below for more info.

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