ISPB Receives Record Number of Research Grant Proposals

The Board of Directors of the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness is proud to award fifteen research grants at eight Illinois institutions for 2004. 

These grants will help fund a broad range of important research projects focusing on eye care, eye diseases and low vision.  They include:

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Effect of Experimental Galactosemic Diabetes on Retinal Function in GLAST Knockout Mice by Ping Bu, M.D., Principal Investigator; Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D. and Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Investigators [Diabetic Retinopathy]

Low Vision Outcomes Study by Joan Stelmack, O.D., Principal Investigator [Low Vision Rehabilitation]

Illinois College of Optometry, Illinois Eye Institute

The Effect of Low Vision Rehabilitation on Visual Hallucinations Associated with Charles Bonnet Syndrome by Kara E. Hagerman, O.D. resident; R. Tracy Williams, O.D., Walter M. Jay, M.D. and Melissa Robertson, M.A., L.P.C., Test Administrator  [Low Vision Rehabilitation]

John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Proposal to Increase the Effectiveness of the Cook County Vision Screening Clinic by Mildred M.G. Olivier, M.D., Principal Investigator; Richard M. Ahuja, M.D., Co-Investigator [Vision Screening]

Loyola University Chicago

Effect of Neurotrophic Growth Factors on Human Retinal Stem Cells in vitro by Jay I. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. and Jared Nielsen, M.D., Resident, Co-Principal Investigators; Ping Bu, M.D., Co-Investigator [Retinal Degenerative Diseases]

Extended-Wear Contact Lenses for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Dry Eye Disease:  A Pro- spective Study by Charles S. Bouchard,  M.D. Principal Investigator; John Galasso, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter A. Russo, O.D., Co-Investigators     [Dry Eye Disease]

The Role of Ocular Dominance in the Quality      of Life of ARMD Patients by Rukhsana Mirza, M.D. and Walter M. Jay, M.D., Co-Principal Investigators [Macular Degeneration]

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

Northwestern University

The Effect of Anti-Angiogenic Factors on Murine Hemangiomas by Paul J. Bryar, M.D. and Anthony Cirino, M.D., Co-Investigators  [Eyelid Tumors in Children]

RUSH University, RUSH Medical College

Pharmacodynamics of Intracameral lidocaine    and bupivacaine Based on Pupil Function in the Rabbit Eye by Bruce I. Gaynes, O.D., Pharm.D., Principal Investigator and Nina Goyal, M.D., Co-Investigator [Cataract Surgery Anesthesia]

The University of Chicago

The Effect of Blue Light on Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) Cells by Allison M. Jay, Medical Student, Principal Investigator; Kourous Rezai, M.D. and Elzbieta Gasnya, Research Technician, Co-Investigators [Macular Degeneration]

Erythropoietin and Endogenous Neuroprotection    in the Retina by Steven Roth, M.D., Principal Investigator [Retina Neuroprotection]

The Role of Cyclosporin A in the Treatment of Herpetic Stromal Keratitis in a Mouse Model by Sanjay N. Rao, M.D., Principal Investigator [Herpes Eye Infection]

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

The Effect of Antimicrobial Activity of Meth- otrexate in An Experimental Endophthalmitis Model by Debra A. Goldstein, M.D., Principal Investigator; Sophie Deng, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology Resident, Co-Investigator [Uveitis]

Effect of Oxidative Stress on the Retina and GABA Signaling Pathway in Diabetes by   Haohua Qian, Ph.D. and David Ramsey, A.B.,Principal Investigators [Diabetic Retinopathy]

Additional funds are
always critical for this
important ISPB
Research Grant program.

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taken from sources considered to be accurate,
does not replace the need for professional eye care consultations and treatments.

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