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Funded Research 2007

Research Funds Available in 2008

Funded Research
2007 - 2006
2005 - 2004

The ISPB is proud to be able to continue funding research seed grants this year, up to $5,000 each, for studies relating to the prevention of blindness. For 2007, requests for submission of Grant Proposals were sent out to all Departments of Ophthalmology at major institutions and other interested parties.

ISPB 2007 Approved Research Grants

Loyola University Medical Center

Principal Investigators: Eric H. Leung, M.D., Charles S. Bouchard, M.D.,
Omer Iqbal, M.D., Erwin Coyne, Ph.D.
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF KERATOCONUS

Principal Investigators: Rebecca Parrish, CO, James F. McDonnell, M.D.,
Patricia Mumby, Ph.D., Rachel Riemer, BS
QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH STRABISMUS

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Principal Investigator: Ping Bu, M.D., Research Associate
Co-Principal Investigator: Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Ophthalmology
“RETINAL STEM CELL PROTECTION AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL ISCHEMIC RETINAL INJURY”

The University of Chicago

Principal Investigator: Shanti Shenoy, B.A., Third Year Medical Student
“PROTEIN KINASE B (AKT) SUBTYPES, CELL DEATH, AND ISCHEMIC TOLERANCE IN THE RETINA”

Illinois Eye Institute/Illinois College of Optometry

Principal Investigator: Yi Pang, M.D., Ph.D., O.D.
A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY OF TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR AMBLYOPIA ASSOCIATED WITH MYOPIC ANISOMETROPIA

University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary

Principal Investigators: Lisa M. Nijm, M.D., J.D., Elmer Y. Tu, Lawrence J. Ulanski II, Richard Fiscella, Randal J. Peterson
USING A HYDROPHILIC INTRAOCULAR LENS AS A DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS

University of Illinois at Chicago

Principal Investigator: Javaneh Abbasian, Medical Student
Co-Investigators: Phoebe Lin, Howard H. Tessler, M.D.
Research Mentor/Advisor: Debra Goldstein, M.D.
ULCERATIVE COLITIS-SPECIFIC pANCA ANTIBODIES IN THE SERA OF PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC OCULAR INFLAMMATION AND A FAMILY HISTORY OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Principal Investigators: Vaibhav Tiwari, Ph.D., Deepak Shukla, Ph.D.
USE OF NOVELS PEPTIDES TO STUDY VIRAL SPREAD IN HUMAN OCULAR CELLS

 

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