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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
Co-Investigator: Bruce L. Gaynes, OD, PharmD
“SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF A NOVEL TOPICAL OPHTHALMIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION AID”
Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital
Principal Investigator: Cynthia L. Von Zee, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.
“D-GLUCOSE ENHANCED RHO G-PROTEIN SIGNALING IN HUMAN TRABECULAR MESHWORK CELLS”
Illinois College of Optometry
Principal Investigator: Faheemah Saeed, O.D.
Co-Investigator: Darrel Schlange, O.D.
“VISUAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT WITH THERAPEUTIC TINTED CONTACT LENSES IN PATIENTS WITH ALBINISM”
Rush University Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey A. Borgia, PhD
Co-Investigator: Bruce L. Gaynes, OD, PharmD
“ALPHA 1-ANTAGONIST BINDING AFFINITY TO OCULAR MELANIN IN THE PIGMENTED AND ALBINO RAT”
Rush University Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Shunbin Xu, M.D./Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Mathew MacCumber, MD, PhD.
Steven Feinstein, MD
“NON-INVASIVE, TARGETED GENE DELIVERY TO RETINA AND RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS USING CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND DELIVERY SYSTEM (CUSDS)”
University of Chicago
Principal Investigator: Rama D. Jager, MD, MBA, FACS
Co-Investigator: Armin R. Afshar, MD
“VITREOUS PENETRATION OF ORALLY ADMINISTERED ACETAZOLAMIDE IN HUMANS”
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal Investigator: Vinay Aakalu, MD MPH
Co-Investigators: Jose De La Cruz, MD MS
Thasarat Vajaranant, MD
“DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE TEMPORAL FOSSA GLAUCOMA SHUNT”
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal Investigator: Asim Visal Farooq, MD
Co-Investigator: Deepak Shukla, PhD
“ROLE OF SYNDECAN-1 IN HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS-1 CORNEAL INFECTION”
University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal Investigator: Pangyu Teng, MS
Co-Investigator: Bruce I. Gaynes, OD, PharmD
“EFFECT OF ANTITHROMBOTIC AGENTS ON OCULAR MICROVASCULAR BLOOD FLOW”
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator: Dr. Caroline Haldin, PhD
“miRNA PROFILING OF MULLER GLIAL CELLS DURING RETINAL DEGENERATION”
University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
Principal Investigator: Clement C. Chow, MD
Co-Investigator: Jenny I. Lim, MD
“RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS ANALYSIS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE: IMPLICATIONS FOR GLAUCOMA EVALUATION”
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