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Event
16th Annual Gerard Crock Lecture
Professor Robyn Guymer AM presents: “How will we know when we are there?”: How to prove a treatment for macular degeneration is actually effective.
4 June 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of legal blindness in Australians over 50. It develops slowly over many years before it threatens sight, often in ways that can be challenging and life-altering.
The key to saving sight is intervening early before vision is threatened. But how do you prove that you have slowed down disease progression
Professor Robyn Guymer is CERA’s Deputy Director and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne. She has led CERA’s Macular Research Unit since 1997 and is a world-leading authority on age-related macular degeneration.
In this free, insightful lecture, Professor Guymer will use AMD to illustrate the complexity around proving that an intervention is successful in slowing a chronic, progressive disease – and the implications this poses for convincing regulators to approve emerging treatments.
Details
- Wednesday 4 June 2025
- 5.30pm – 7.30pm AEST for in person (6.15pm – 7.30pm AEST for the livestream)
- Martin Family Auditorium, Level 4, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne St, East Melbourne 3002
Registrations are essential. If you have trouble registering, please call CERA directly on 03 9959 0000.