[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Waterford researcher has won a prestigious European fellowship worth more than €170,000 that will allow her to further develop her postdoctoral research on the role that nutrition plays in cognitive health. Dr Rebecca Power is a Howard Research Fellow at...

15 April, 2021

The real-world impact of this research is underlined by how the new formulation is being commercialised in the U.S. by MacuHealth and in Europe by MacuPrime A new formulation can greatly increase the efficacy of nutritional supplements that are increasingly recognised for their value to eye...

19 August, 2020

WIT researcher wins prestigious award for macular pigment research for vision health and function and his more recent work on macular pigment as a biomarker for brain nutrition and its connection to cognitive function and Alzheimer’s disease   Prof Nolan has an impressive research track record focusing...

08 May, 2020

EXPERTS in tech and nutrition at one of the country’s leading research centres are pooling their skills and resources improve the quality of eye testing and the time it takes to be thoroughly examined. The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) and Nutrition Research Centre Ireland...

28 March, 2020

WATERFORD, Ireland, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A transatlantic partnership between Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland and Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Penn., U.S.A. has created a new online learning resource allowing optometrists and eye care technicians to complete certified training about the importance of nutrition to eye health at...

28 March, 2020

Waterford is making great progress in scientific research and one local man, who is making a great contribution is Dr. John Nolan of nearby Carrick-on-Suir, but now living in Williamstown in Waterford city with his wife Jane and two children Penny and Bea. We discussed...

16 January, 2020

Heidelberg, Germany – The paper “Standardizing the Assessment of Macular Pigment Using a Dual-Wavelength Autofluorescence Technique”, published in Translational Vision Science & Technology in December 2019, demonstrates how the investigational SPECTRALIS® Macular Pigment Optical Volume* (MPOV) measurement provides a comprehensive and objective evaluation of the macular pigment...

16 January, 2020

Prof John Nolan, and Moya Doherty, Producer and RTE chair share story of WIT’s vision research at Leinster House launch European Commission publication The benefits of Ireland's EU membership has been reinforced by WIT’s Prof John Nolan and Moya Doherty, Producer and RTE chair who spoke at...

03 October, 2019

Prof John Nolan's research at WIT's Nutrition Research Centre Ireland focuses on the impact of targeted nutrition on vision and cognitive function A Waterford professor has been honoured at a prestigious awards dinner in New York. Professor John Nolan was named among the 2019 Healthcare &...

13 September, 2019
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