Funded Research 2004
The ISPB is proud to be able to continue funding research seed grants,
up to $5,000 each, for studies relating to the prevention of blindness.
For 2004, the request for submission of Grant proposals were sent to all
Departments of Ophthalmology at major institutions and other interested
parties last January, with a deadline date of May 14, 2004.
Grant Requests Funded in 2004
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
- Effect of Experimental Galactosemic Diabetes on Retinal Function in
GLAST Knockout Mice
Ping Bu, M.D., Principal Investigator; Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D.,
and Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D., Co-Investigators
Low Vision Outcomes Study
Joan Stelmack, O.D., Principal Investigator
Illinois College of Optometry B
Illinois Eye Institute
- The Effect of Low Vision Rehabilitation on Visual Hallucinations
Associated with Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Kara E. Hagerman, O.D., Resident, Principal Investigator; R.
Tracy Williams, O.D., Walter M. Jay, M.D. and Melissa Robertson, M.A.,
L.P.C., Test Administrator, Co-Investigators
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- Proposal to Increase the Effectiveness of the Cook County Vision
Screening Clinic
Mildred M.G. Olivier, M.D., Principal Investigator; Richard M. Ahuja,
M.D., Co-Investigator
Loyola University Chicago (Maywood)
- The Effect of Neurotropic Growth Factors on Human Retinal Stem Cells
in vitro
Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. and Jared Nielsen, M.D., Resident,
Co-Principal Investigators; Ping Bu, M.D., Co-Investigator
Extended-Wear Contact Lenses for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe
Dry Eye Disease: A Prospective Study
Charles S. Bouchard, M.D., Principal Investigator; John Galasso,
M.D., Ph.D. and Peter A. Russo, O.D., Co-Investigators
The Role of Ocular Dominance in the Quality of Life of ARMD
Patients
Rukhsana Mirza, M.D. and Walter M. Jay, M.D., Co-Principal
Investigators
Use of Fibrin Glue for Conjunctival Limbal Autographs (CLAU)
in a Rabbit Model
Charles S. Bouchard, M.D., Principal Investigator; Rukhsana
Mirza, M.D. and Ping Bu, M.D., Co-Investigators
Northwestern University
- The Effect of Anti-Angiogenic Factors on Murine Hemangiomas
Paul Bryar, M.D. and Anthony Cirino, M.D., Co-Principal
Investigators
RUSH University, RUSH Medical College
- Pharmacodynamics of Intracameral lidocaine and bupivacaine Based on
Pupil Function in the Rabbit Eye
Bruce I. Gaynes, O.D., Pharm.D., Principal Investigator; Nina Goyal,
M.D., Co-Investigator
The University of Chicago
- The Effect of Blue Light on Retinal Pigment Epithelial
(RPE)
Cells
Allison M. Jay, Medical Student, Principal Investigator; Kourous
Rezai, M.D. and Elzbieta Gasnya, Research Technician, Co-Investigators
Erthropoietin and Endogenous Neuroprotectin in the Retina
Steven Roth, M.D., Principal Investigator
The Role of Cyclosporin A in the Treatment of Herpetic Stromal
Keratitis in a Mouse Model
Sanjay N. Rao, M.D., Principal Investigator
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
- The Effect of Antimicrobial Activity of Methotrexate in an
Experimental Endophthalmitis Model
Debra A. Goldstein, M.D., Principal Investigator; Sophie Deng, M.D.,
Ph.D., Co-Investigator
Effects of Oxidative Stress on the Retina and the GABA
Signaling Pathway in Diabetes
Haohua Qian, Ph.D. and David Ramsey, A.B., Co-Principal
Investigators
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