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Vision research at the USC Roski Eye Institute spans five focus areas producing more than 200 peer-reviewed publications per year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n      <h2>\n          Five Focus Areas:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li><strong>Bioengineering and Nanotechnology \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0develop innovative implantable or wearable devices and unique drug delivery for sight restoration therapies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Epidemiology \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>population-based studies to 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