Volume 5, April 1, 2022
The Eye & Ear Foundation
Digital Newsletter
Happy April Fool's Day! May you be safe from pranks!
Exciting News!
The Eye & Ear Foundation is now on Instagram!
The Chang Lab Awarded $50,000 Shaffer Grant
The Chang Lab – which is part of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh and has been open just over a year -- received a one-year $50,000 Shaffer Grant from the Glaucoma Research Foundation. Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor Kun-Che Chang, PhD, is one of six 2022 recipients. He credited Dr. Takaaki Kuwajima, Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, with whom his lab has worked closely.


OTO Alumni Day 2022
The Eye & Ear Foundation recently participated in Otolaryngology Alumni Day, engaging with alumni and discussing the role of the Foundation in supporting research to advance care.


Meet EEF Team Member Heather Chronis Danek
Life has a funny way of working out if you let it, Heather Chronis Danek has learned. Twenty-five years ago, she could not imagine not becoming the Managed Care Director of a major pharmaceutical company.




What EEF Ambassador Pam Meadowcroft Has Learned

Since Pam Meadowcroft became an Eye & Ear Foundation Ambassador last year, she has grown into her role and is excited to share what she has learned.