ISPB FUNDS 11 RESEARCH GRANTS FOR 2003

The Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness is happy to report the funding of  eleven research grants for 2003, totaling $35,000. These grants will help fund a broad range of important research projects focusing on eye care and eye diseases. They include:

Edward Hines, Jr. V.A. Hospital
Early Retinal Changes in Experimental Diabetes by Ping Bu, M.D., Principal Investigator; Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. and Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigators.

Illinois College of Optometry
Mucin Expression in Rat Endotoxin-induced Uveitis by Michael V. Volin, Ph.D., Principal Investigator; Ruth Trachimowicz, Ph.D., O.D., Co-Investigator.

Loyola University Chicago,
Stritch School of Medicine
Isolation and Culture of Human Retinal Stem Cells by Bienvenido V. Castillo, Jr., M.D., Principal Investigator; Ahsan Khan, M.D., Co-Investigator.

Use of Fibrin Glue for Conjunctival Limbal Autographs (CLAU) in a Rabbit Model of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency by Charles S. Bouchard, M.D., Principal Investigator; Rukhsana Mirza, M.D., Ping Bu, M.D. and Lisa Nijm, Co-Investigators.

Northwestern University,
Feinberg School of Medicine
The Effect of Anti-viral Compounds on Herpes Simplex-1 Infected Corneal Epithelial Cells by  Paul J. Bryar, M.D., Principal Investigator; David Yoo, M.D., Co-Investigator.

On the Biological Basis of Increased Severity of Glaucoma in African Americans by Paul A. Knepper, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator;  John Choi, B.A., Co-Investigator.

RUSH University, RUSH Medical College
Intravitreal Steroid Injection and Ocular Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in Diabetic Macular Edema by Deborah H. Weigler, M.D., Principal Investigator; Kirk H. Packo, M.D., Co-Investigator.

Use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the Management of Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Cytomegalvirus (CMV) Retinitis by Bruce I. Gaynes, O.D., Pharm.D., Principal Investigator; Mathew W. MacCumber, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Investigator.

The University of Chicago
Delivery of a Novel Transporter to Encysted T. Gondil by Rima McLeod, M.D.

University of Illinois
College of Medicine – Chicago
Evaluation of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Diacetate Toxicity and Clearance by Micah L. Young, M.D. and Jose S. Pulido, M.D., M.S., Principal Investigators.

The Effect of Intravitreal Methotrexate in a Rabbit Model of Experimentally Induced Uveitis, by Debra A. Goldstein, M.D., Principal Investigator; M. Levent Civelek, M.D. and Richard Fiscella,  Pharm.D., Co-Investigators.