<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2017/march/031017smithnihmyopia-kids.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 03:36:53 PM</pubDate><title>Halting Nearsightedness Epidemic Goal of UH Vision Scientist</title><subtitle/><description>Funded by a $1.9 million grant from the NIH’s National Eye Institute, UH College of Optometry’s Earl Smith is looking at how certain aspects of indoor lighting affect eye growth and testing a new pharmaceutical agent that has shown promise in slowing the development of myopia.</description><author>Lisa Merkl</author><author-email>lkmerkl@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Health,People,Research,Top Stories</categories></item>