Doheny Eye Institute
Nina Union is an experienced professional in clinical research management, currently serving as a Clinical Research Project Manager at Doheny Eye Institute since March 2020. Prior to this role, Nina held positions as an Account Manager at Psychemedics Corporation from 2017 to 2020, and as a Project Manager at Bachoy from 2014 to 2017. Earlier in career, Nina worked as an Operations Lead and Medical Assistant at Better Skin Dermatology from 2006 to 2013, and as a People Operations Coordinator at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation from 2003 to 2006. Nina Union holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Felician University.
Doheny Eye Institute
Doheny Eye Institute is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight. Mrs. Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of the prominent Los Angeles oilman Edward L. Doheny, lost the sight in her left eye at the age of 69. Suddenly aware of the precious and delicate nature of the gift of sight, in 1947 Mrs. Doheny created the organization named for her. Today, the Doheny Eye Institute serves thousands of patients in clinics around Los Angeles and Orange Counties and has emerged as a world leader in basic and clinical vision research and advanced patient care. The Institute's innovative research programs continually result in new diagnostic and treatment procedures and are respected internationally for research of the highest caliber, with direct impact on changing lives with improved sight In December 2013, UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute and the Doheny Eye Institute signed a long-term affiliation agreement. Under terms of the affiliation agreement there is a single integrated UCLA Department of Ophthalmology underlying both Institutes comprising Doheny-affiliated physicians and Stein physicians. The clinical enterprise will function as a single entity. Patients will encounter the same patient experience and range of services at any of the locations. Resources of both institutes will be dedicated to preeminence in patient care, research and education and will benefit the faculty of the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology.