“A temple to eye science sits, unassumingly, in midtown Manhattan,” writes E. Tammy Kim in The New Yorker. In her new feature, When Middle Age Comes Into Focus, Kim explores presbyopia, myopia and how our vision changes as we age, including the patient care and research taking place at SUNY College of Optometry.
The article takes a personal look at presbyopia, following Kim’s own experience with changing vision and bringing readers inside SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center and research labs. The story features Dr. Marina Su, Dr. Xiaoying Zhu and others across the SUNY Optometry community working to better understand vision and eye health.
Presbyopia, the age-related loss of the eye’s ability to focus up close, affects around 1.8 billion people worldwide. By 2030, that number is projected to reach 2.1 billion. As the article notes, it is something nearly all of us are likely to experience as we age.
At SUNY Optometry, Kim observes patient care at the University Eye Center before visiting research labs where faculty and researchers are investigating myopia, low vision, retinal disease and other areas of vision science.