Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease at the University of Tokyo, in 1911. It was the much later article, published in 1929, that definitively associated Koyanagi with the disease. Harada's 1926 paper is recognized for its comprehensive description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKH), also known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome, uveomeningitis syndrome and uveomeningoencephalitic syndrome, is a multisystem disease of presumed autoimmune cause, that affects pigmented tissues, which have melanin. The most significant manifestation is bilateral, diffuse uveitis, which affects the eye. VKH may variably also involve the inner ear with effects on hearing, the skin, and the meninges of
Kathleen Ritter Kathleen Ritter Kathleen Ritter (born 1974) is an artist, curator, and writer based in Vancouver and Paris who focuses on contemporary art. Ritter graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a BFA in 1998 and obtained an MFA from the University of Western Ontario in 2005. In 2013, Ritter was an artist in residence at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and worked at the Vancouver Art Gallery as Associate Curator. She was a visiting artist in residency at Open Studio, Toronto, in the spring of 2017. Ritter also works as a part of the