ISPB is proud to announce the 2011 Research Seed Grant Awards
ISPB congratulates the recipients of this year’s annual awards. Since 1980 ISPB has funded over $780,000 in small seed grants to Illinois eye and vision health researchers.
ISPB 2010 Approved Research Grants
Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
Principal Investigator: Raymond G. Areaux, Jr., M.D.
Co-Investigator: David Yoo, MD
“TOPICAL TIMOLOL FOR THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN VASCULAR PERIOCULAR LESIONS”
Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
Principal Investigator: Ping Bu, M.D.
Co-Investigators: Jay I. Perlman, M.D. and Ph.D.
Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.
“NEUROPROTECTION BY RESVERATROL IN RETINAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY”
Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
Principal Investigator: Joshua Levar, MD
ISPB Research Seed Grants
Chicago is home to some of the nation’s most prominent teaching hospitals active in cutting edge research that brings new understanding and treatments to the field of vision and eye care. ISPB awards start-up grants to encourage more vision professionals to conduct research in their area of interest.

