Mission: 

To integrate the complementary strengths of the four SUNY Medical Universities and SUNY Optometry into a single SUNY Eye Institute (SEI) in order to enhance research and training in clinical and basic visual sciences in New York State.

Goals are to: 

• develop pre- and post-doctoral training programs in eye and vision research across the five schools;
• recruit basic and clinical investigators into eye and vision research;
• promote and foster collaborative research interactions among vision scientists across the schools; and
• establish state-of-the-art eye research core facilities at each of the campuses to serve and augment the capabilities of all five schools.