Current Research Awards & Fellowships
2024 – Pupil Tracking and Motion Compensation for Handheld Pediatric Retinal Imaging
- Amit Narawane, BS and Cynthia Toth, MD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – HIF1α Signaling as a Mechanistic link Between Hypoxia and the Formation of Reticular Pseudodrusen Deposits in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Kaitlyn Digsby and Jason Miller, MD, PhD
- University of Michigan – Kellogg Eye Center
2024 – Development of Gene Supplementation Therapy for PROM1-Related Inherited Retinal Degenerations
- Lauren Cao, and Oleg Alekseev, MD, PhD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – The Role of Adipokine-Regulated Lipid Mediator in Age-Related Retinal Dysfunction and Disease
- Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD and Rajendre Apte, MD, PhD
- Washington University School of Medicine – Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Genetic Susceptibility to Ocular Sarcoidosis: Comparative Genome-Wide Association Studies Across Ethnicities and Sarcoidosis Manifestations
- Ari August and Jose Pulido, MD, MPH, MBA
- Wills Eye Hospital
2024 – Real-time Subretinal Blebs Volume Estimation During Gene Therapy Delivery for Inherited Retinal Disease Using Intraoperative OCT: A pilot Study in the Operating Room in Human Subjects
- Bani Antonio Aguirre, MD, MPH, and Lejla Vajzovic, MD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – Role of Macrophage Aging in Uveitis and Retinal Vasculitis
- Taku Yamamoto, PhD and Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD
- Washington University School of Medicine – Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – The Integrated Stress Response Governs Retinal Ganglion Cell Synaptic Connectivity and Survival in Multiple Sclerosis
- Ali Moshaymesh and Sebastian Werneburg, PhD
- University of Michigan – Kellogg Eye Center
2024 – Choroidal and Retinal Vasculature Variations after Creatine Ingestion in Non-Diabetic and Diabetic Subjects
- Avery Zhou and Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD
- Retina Consultants of Texas
2024 – Leveraging Structure-Based Network Analysis to Identify Putative Causative Variants in Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease
- Blake Hauser, MD, PhD, and Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD
- Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts Eye & Ear
2024 – Retinal Fundus Flavoprotein Fluorescence in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: New Insights From Multimodal Imaging
- Britney Naolhu and Mihai Mititelu, MD, MPH
- University of Wisconsin-Madison – Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Discovery-Based Proteomics Analysis of Subretinal Fluid in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
- Christian Curren, MD and Peter Belin, MD and Wilkin Parke, MD
- University of Minnesota - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Characterization of Bacterial Toxins in Endophthalmitis – a Multi-Omics Approach
- Dan Balikov, MD, PhD and Darlene Miller, MPH and Harry Flynn, MD and Luis Haddock, MD
- University of Miami - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
2024 – Improving and Interpreting Artificial Intelligence-based Pediatric Retinal Disease Screening Tools Limited by Data Scarcity Using Synthetic
- Daniel Wang and Lejla Vajzovic, MD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – Spatial RNA Sequencing Identification of Heterogenous Molecular Features and Immune Responses Within Uveal Melanoma Tumors
- Drew Voigt, MD, PhD and R. Chris Bowen, MD and Jeremy Lavine, MD
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2024 – Estimation of Chronic Kidney Disease Risk using Fundus Photography Based Artificial Intelligence in Hypertensive and/or Diabetic Patients With and Without Impaired Renal Functions
- Halit Winter, MD, MPH and Manjot Gill, MD, MS
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2024 – Circular RNA inhibition of RUNX1 in Models of Vitreoretinal Disease
- Henry Zhou, MD and Leo Kim, MD, PhD
- Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts Eye & Ear
2024 – Barriers to Treatment of Chronic Eye Conditions of the Retina
- Jessica Trinh, and Brittni Scruggs, MD, PhD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Integrating Omics and Electronic Health Record Data with Transfer Learning to Elucidate the Pathobiology of Diabetic Retinopathy
- Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD and Vinit Mahajan, MD, PhD
- Stanford University – Byers Eye Institute
2024 – Differences in Visual Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Surgery between Ophthalmology Subspecialities
- Kannan Sharma and Matthew Starr, MD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Trends and Outcomes of State Reported Events Following Erroneous Intravitreal Injections: a 30-year Analysis
- Marie Bantgounou and Matthew Starr, MD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Improving Refractive Outcomes in Scleral Sutured Intraocular Lens Surgery
- Matt Hupy, MD and Matthew Starr, MD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Small Molecule Enhancers of Clusterin (CLU) Toward Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatment
- Nikhil Bummakanti, MD and Ajay Kuriyn, MD and Yoshihiro Yonekowa, MD
- Wills Eye Hospital
2024 – Differentiating Vitreoretinal Lymphoma from Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Deep Learning-Based Optical Coherence Tomography Study
- Ogul Uner, MD and Christina Flaxel, MD and Yali Jia, PhD
- OHSU - Casey Eye Institute
2024 – Language Barriers in Referral to Ophthalmology for Non-English-Speaking Diabetic Retinopathy Patients
- Oliver Camacho and Merina Thomas, MD
- OHSU - Casey Eye Institute
2024 – Evaluating Heads-Up Displays Versus Conventional Operating Microscopes in Cataract Surgery Using Eye-Tracking Technology
- Puranjay Gupta and Michael Heiferman, MD
- University of Illinois Chicago
2024 – Vitreous Inflammatory Profile in Patients Undergoing Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane or Macular Hole
- Rachana Haliyur, MD, PhD and Nita Valikodath, MD, and Thomas Gardner, MD and Jeffery Sundstrum, MD, PhD
- University of Michigan – Kellogg Eye Center
2024 – Timing of Surgical Intervention with Pars Plana Vitrectomy Versus Pneumatic Retinopexy for Macula-Off Retinal Detachment
- Rachel Israilevitch, MD and Matthew Starr, MD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – Characterizing Glaucomatous and Retinal Complications in Patients Undergoing Secondary Intraocular Lens Surgery
- Rani Hassoun, MD and Matthew Starr, MD
- Mayo Clinic - Department of Ophthalmology
2024 – The Ophthalmological Aspect and Surgical Management of a Large Pierson Syndrome Patient Cohort: A Retrospective, Observational Case Series
- Richard Sather, MD and Polly Quiram, MD, PhD
- Retina Consultants of Minnesota
2024 – Assessing Performance and User Perception of a Robotic Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) System
- Salma Fleifil and Nita Valikodath, MD and Mark Draelos, MD, PhD
- University of Michigan – Kellogg Eye Center
2024 – Augmented Reality Guidance using Digital Twin-based Virtual Simulator for Retinal Laser Therapy
- Sangjun Eom and Majda Hadziahmetvoic, MD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – Comparison of Retinal Detachment Surgery Outcomes using SF6 vs Air Tamponade and Potential Impacts on Climate Change of SF6 Usage in Vitreoretinal Surgery
- TsunKang (Trent) Chiang, MD and Geoffrey Emerson, MD, PhD
- Retina Consultants of Minnesota
2024 – Microscope Integrated OCT Based Analysis of Intraoperative Retinal Deformation and Its Association with Post-Operative Anatomic and Visual
- Venkatkrish Kassety, MD and Lejla Vajzovic, MD
- Duke Eye Center
2024 – Identifying the vitreous molecular biomarkers important in radiation retinopathy development and treatment response
- Warren Pan, MD, PhD and Thomas Wubben, MD, PhD and Hakan Demirci, MD and Jeff Sundstrom, MD, PhD and Thomas Gardner, MD
- University of Michigan – Kellogg Eye Center
2024 – Association Between Systemic Methotrexate Therapy and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
- Xinyi (Cindy) Chen, MD and Jeremy Keenan, MD, MPH and Jay Stewart, MD
- University of California San Francisco
2024 – Characterization and Validation of OCT Biomarkers in Eyes Treated for Retinopathy of Prematurity with Laser or Intravitreal Bevacizumab
- Yuxi Zheng, MD and Cynthia Toth, MD
- Duke Eye Center