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Dr. Clare Gilbert, Mr. Richard Bowman and Dr. Aeesha Malik have been diligently working to increase global awareness and early detection of blinding and even potentially deadly childhood eye diseases (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820629/).   Based in London, their collective reach spans the globe from Latin America across …

Every Tuesday, Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, starts her day with a 6:30 am  zoom call with Dr. Himika Gupta and her team as they are winding down their day at 8 pm in Mumbai, India—which means  Dr. Gupta is at the end of a …

As the Country Director for Orbis India, you would assume that Dr. Rishi Raj Borah has an origin story similar to that of many pre-eminent advocates leading the charge in the early diagnosis and treatment of childhood blindness; but Dr. Borah’ story is more a …

Posted on 2020-12-29 Dr. Andrew Blaikie was fresh out of the cataract operating theatre in NHS Fife, Scotland when Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow sat down to zoom with the ophthalmologist and senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine.    Dr.  Blaikie …

Childhood blindness in India is estimated to be five times as that seen in the developed world. For that reason, KTG is making a concerted effort to reach out to medical professionals in the country to better understand how to reach these children and increase …

Picture and bio information from: http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/G/Brenda-Gallie.html INTRO: Dr. Brenda Gallie is an ophthalmologist at The Hospital for Sick Children, who specializes exclusively in retinoblastoma. Her research has led her to the discovery of fundamental principles of tumor suppressor genes and the regulation of activity of …

We want to give a huge shoutout to CBS This Morning for sharing the vision-saving technology ‘Cradle’. We hope the millions of viewers of this clip are now aware of the glow and will download the app if any suspicions arise in their children’s photos.

Dr. Helen DimarasPicture and bio information from: http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/D/helen-dimaras-staffprofile.html Intro: Dr. Helen Dimaras is a Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences program and Centre for Global Health and Director of Global Eye Health Research at SickKids. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department …

We’re really excited here at Know the Glow when advances in cancer research come through. In October a huge step forward in fighting cancer was recognized with a shared Nobel-prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Jim Allison, the chair of immunology at MD Anderson …

Know The Glow® word-of-mouth circulates in British hospitals. Retinal surgeon and Know The Glow Campaign supporter, Dr. Chien Wong, serving at three of London’s leading hospitals, has noticed increased Know The Glow knowledge within his practice. When our team heard about the increased word-of-mouth, we …