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The Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, is dedicated
to the preservation of sight and the prevention of blindness. As
we stand in the dawn of a new millennium, our vision scientists
and clinicians embrace the challenge to foster innovative and groundbreaking
advances in research, clinical care and education necessary to diagnose
and treat eye diseases.
Many of our past successes will be continued, while other achievements
will revolutionize the future of vision science. New centers in
genetics and proteomics, unique in the world to the Jules Stein
Eye Institute, as well as a new comprehensive cataract center and
an expanded ocular inflammatory disease center, will be pivotal
to expanding our knowledge and skills to provide the best in eye
care.
UCLA Administration has often spoken about shrinking
public resources for higher education and medical research. Just
21 percent of UCLA's current budget comes from the State of California,
far below the 80 percent it once was. As a consequence, public universities
have become increasingly dependent on private funding sources. To
compensate, the Jules Stein Eye Institute, in concert with UCLA,
seek outside support to retain the outstanding basic science and
clinical faculty and maintain their outstanding and revolutionary
research.
UCLA ranks among the world's preeminent universities. Its School of Medicine
ranks among the top 10 American medical schools in the country, and the
Medical Center has been rated "Best in the West" for 17 consecutive
years, according to the U.S. News & World Report annual survey. The
Jules Stein Eye Institute is a leader in ophthalmology, consistently ranked
as the number one eye care center in the Western United States. A strong
tradition of private philanthropy has nurtured the Institute to this level
of national and international prominence. |
