{"id":271,"date":"2024-04-14T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/?p=271"},"modified":"2024-05-26T07:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T07:18:52","slug":"hope-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/hope-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope in Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-271\" data-postid=\"271\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-271 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-parallax-bg=\"desktop\" data-css_id=\"okzo100\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_okzo100 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5kk0100 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"0j0f125\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_0j0f125 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_m5lt125 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_gu9i499   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Graduate students practice optometry tests in the School of Optometry and Vision Science.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"oqdo610\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_oqdo610 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bc4c610 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lrjj826    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">The School of Optometry and Vision Science<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3olg100    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hope in Sight<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_dyek52   tb_text_dropcap wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-tf-animation_delay=\"0.4\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">Within days of October 7th, the School of Optometry and Vision Science was granting survivors and evacuees something they had lost in the slaughter: their ability to see. Thanks to the school\u2019s one-of-a-kind mobile clinic, Bar-Ilan was able to replace hundreds of lost or broken glasses and place the focus on Israel\u2019s resilient civic society. <\/h6>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_yd66271 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ow7a271 first\">\n                    <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_q36e143 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow tf_local_video\">\n                \n                                            <div class=\"tf_vd_lazy tf_w tf_box tf_rel\">\n                    \n                    <div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-271-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-no-script preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-\u05d0\u05d5\u05e4\u05d8\u05d5\u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4-\u05d1\u05e8-\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-\u05d0\u05d5\u05e4\u05d8\u05d5\u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4-\u05d1\u05e8-\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df.mp4\">https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-\u05d0\u05d5\u05e4\u05d8\u05d5\u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4-\u05d1\u05e8-\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    \n                                                                <div class=\"tb_video_overlay tf_abs_t tf_w tf_h\">\n                            <div class=\"tb_video_play tf_abs_c\"><\/div>\n                          \n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pic_048.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1606\" style=\"width:100%;object-fit:cover\" title=\"Pic_048\" alt=\"An optometry student with patient doing an Eye examination\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pic_048.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pic_048-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pic_048-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pic_048-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/>                                                <\/div>\n                      \n                                <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_9sdt92 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5a4g92 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3d35430    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Moving Target<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When survivors emerged from their safe rooms after Hamas\u2019 massacre on October 7th, most left a scene of utter devastation, some with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. For many, that meant staring down a new reality without the glasses they need to see. Fortunately, Bar-Ilan\u2019s School of Optometry and Vision Science was able to come to their aid\u2014literally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur first stop was the Dead Sea, to treat patients from Kibbutz Be\u2019eri,\u201d explained Dr. Gad Serero, director of the school\u2019s optometry clinics, including its one-stop-shop Mobile Vision Clinic for free vision testing, lens crafting, and, in the weeks following October 7th, free eyeglass frames, too. \u201cSome of the patients had broken their glasses fighting terrorists, while others lost their glasses when their homes and possessions were destroyed. We were grateful to be able to fill this critical void for those in need.\u201d<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8pa8474 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_m4vq474 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_gxb4828 image-center   tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"zoomIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1115\" title=\"Yossi Mandel\" alt=\"Prof. Yossi Mandel, head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_iggb348    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-tf-animation_delay=\"0.5\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Prof. Yossi Mandel, head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science.<br><br><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wc7x488    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"pulse\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThe school is the only one in an Israeli university to offer a scientific degree in optometry, including research and development devoted to the visual system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u2014Prof. Yossi Mandel<\/em><\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_he87950 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_xjak950 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sux9950    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Dr. Ziv Siman Tov, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Optometry and Vision science<\/span>\u2014the brainchild of Prof. Uri Polat, former director of the school\u2014offers free, high-quality vision tests to people who lack access to eye doctors and optometrists, are unable to travel, or neglect eye health on account of mental illness or financial distress. Thanks to its advanced equipment, the clinic can go beyond the mere measurement of vision to detect eye diseases such as cataracts and retinal degeneration. And because it can be staffed by all School of Optometry and Vision Science staff and students, it was able to scale its operations dramatically in response to sudden need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its initial visit to evacuees at the Dead Sea, the mobile clinic has made its way to cities and towns across the country, traveling from Metula to Eilat to translate academic and clinical expertise into solutions for the community. While in Eilat, the clinic was delighted to meet up with a School of Optometry student who had been evacuated from her home with her family. \u201cShe was so happy to be able to join us in our work,\u201d recalls Dr. Serero. \u201cShe was a victim, but then she was able to help others in her situation, and she showed us all what resilience looks like. And it was a wonderful thing to see.\u201d<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7w3u898 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_v2hd898 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_er2j116    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Eye Chart<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mobile Vision Clinic\u2019s impact in numbers since October 7<sup>th<\/sup>:<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"ewlr328\" data-lazy=\"1\" 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<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate students practice optometry tests in the School of Optometry and Vision Science. The School of Optometry and Vision Science Hope in Sight Within days of October 7th, the School of Optometry and Vision Science was granting survivors and evacuees something they had lost in the slaughter: their ability to see. Thanks to the school\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war-response","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p>Graduate students practice optometry tests in the School of Optometry and Vision Science.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">The School of Optometry and Vision Science<\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hope in Sight<\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">Within days of October 7th, the School of Optometry and Vision Science was granting survivors and evacuees something they had lost in the slaughter: their ability to see. Thanks to the school\u2019s one-of-a-kind mobile clinic, Bar-Ilan was able to replace hundreds of lost or broken glasses and place the focus on Israel\u2019s resilient civic society. <\/h6>\n[video src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-\u05d0\u05d5\u05e4\u05d8\u05d5\u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4-\u05d1\u05e8-\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df.mp4\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"][\/video]\n<h3>Moving Target<\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When survivors emerged from their safe rooms after Hamas\u2019 massacre on October 7th, most left a scene of utter devastation, some with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. For many, that meant staring down a new reality without the glasses they need to see. Fortunately, Bar-Ilan\u2019s School of Optometry and Vision Science was able to come to their aid\u2014literally.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur first stop was the Dead Sea, to treat patients from Kibbutz Be\u2019eri,\u201d explained Dr. Gad Serero, director of the school\u2019s optometry clinics, including its one-stop-shop Mobile Vision Clinic for free vision testing, lens crafting, and, in the weeks following October 7th, free eyeglass frames, too. \u201cSome of the patients had broken their glasses fighting terrorists, while others lost their glasses when their homes and possessions were destroyed. We were grateful to be able to fill this critical void for those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"Yossi Mandel\" alt=\"Prof. Yossi Mandel, head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Yossi-Mandel.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Prof. Yossi Mandel, head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science.<br><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThe school is the only one in an Israeli university to offer a scientific degree in optometry, including research and development devoted to the visual system.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <h6>\u00a0<\/h6> <h6>\u00a0<\/h6> <h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u2014Prof. Yossi Mandel<\/em><\/h6>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Dr. Ziv Siman Tov, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences\u00a0School of Optometry and Vision science\u2014the brainchild of Prof. Uri Polat, former director of the school\u2014offers free, high-quality vision tests to people who lack access to eye doctors and optometrists, are unable to travel, or neglect eye health on account of mental illness or financial distress. Thanks to its advanced equipment, the clinic can go beyond the mere measurement of vision to detect eye diseases such as cataracts and retinal degeneration. And because it can be staffed by all School of Optometry and Vision Science staff and students, it was able to scale its operations dramatically in response to sudden need.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its initial visit to evacuees at the Dead Sea, the mobile clinic has made its way to cities and towns across the country, traveling from Metula to Eilat to translate academic and clinical expertise into solutions for the community. While in Eilat, the clinic was delighted to meet up with a School of Optometry student who had been evacuated from her home with her family. \u201cShe was so happy to be able to join us in our work,\u201d recalls Dr. Serero. \u201cShe was a victim, but then she was able to help others in her situation, and she showed us all what resilience looks like. And it was a wonderful thing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Eye Chart<\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mobile Vision Clinic\u2019s impact in numbers since October 7<sup>th<\/sup>:<\/p>\n<svg> <circle stroke=\"rgba(0,0,0,.1)\" stroke-width=\"0\"\/> <circle stroke-width=\"0\" stroke=\"#ccc\" data-progress=\"50\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> \n vision tests performed\n<svg> <circle stroke=\"rgba(0,0,0,.1)\" stroke-width=\"0\"\/> <circle stroke-width=\"0\" stroke=\"#ccc\" data-progress=\"50\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> \n pairs of glasses made\n<svg> <circle stroke=\"rgba(0,0,0,.1)\" stroke-width=\"0\"\/> <circle stroke-width=\"0\" stroke=\"#ccc\" data-progress=\"50\" stroke-dasharray=\"0,10000\"\/> <\/svg> \n cities and towns visited","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3143,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/3143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}