Mary’s spirit was a beacon. Let’s honor her extraordinary life by making her dream of a world without vision loss from diabetes a reality.”
— S. Robert Levine MD, Mary's Husband
MARY'S STORY
Mary Tyler Moore vision initiative
Variety’s Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award
and Be A Mary Campaign
Variety today announced the establishment of the Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award, an annual honor that recognizes extensive and groundbreaking achievements in storytelling, matching Mary’s continuing extraordinary impact on the entertainment industry. To support the Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award, Variety is launching an advertising campaign, "Be A Mary,” in partnership with the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative. This campaign aims to galvanize support for research directed at efforts to pioneer new therapies to prevent and cure vision loss from diabetes. "Be A Mary" implores audiences to embrace the ethos epitomized by Mary herself: a spirit characterized by boundless generosity, unwavering kindness, profound compassion, resilience in the face of life’s challenges, and fearless risk-taking. Read more.
1 Billion
people with diabetes by 2050 and at risk of vision loss and blindness
The Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative (MTM Vision) is a one-of-a-kind non-profit uniting the world in the fight against diabetes-related vision loss and blindness. MTM Vision enables significant research breakthroughs and supports global scientific collaboration to realize Mary’s dream of a world without vision loss and blindness from diabetes.
MTM Vision brings together global leaders and innovators from diverse fields, including universities, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, government agencies, tech firms, the entertainment industry, and people and families with diabetes, all to advance research for a cure for diabetic retinal disease.”
OUR PURPOSE
News
MTM Vision News
Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative and Variety Partner for Award and ‘Be A Mary’ Campaign
Variety launches “Be A Mary” campaign in partnership with the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative.
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Personal Experience
Ryan Barunas
Ryan has lived with diabetes for over 34 years, has experienced vision loss from the disease, and even had a partial detachment...
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Workshop
Fall 2023 Workshop
Mary Tyler Moore Vision held its second annual global Workshop, “Advancing Development of New Indications, Therapies, and Regulatory Pathways for Diabetic Retinal Disease,”
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