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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Corneal Disease

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This is a wavefront aberration map showing irregularities in the cornea from a patient with keratoconus, a degenerative disease that causes thinning

Grants Overview

Grants

our impact on vision research and eye care vast. How do RPB grants work? RPB provides grants to high-performing U.S.-based departments of ophthalmology

Letter from the President

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resource for information on eye disorders, and how you can join us in our mission. RPB has a strong track record of success since its founding more than

Glaucoma

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IOP is normal.  Research supported by RPB shows that thickness of a patient's cornea may also be related to glaucoma onset. Glaucoma poses an enormous

Hereditary Ocular Disease

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is accompanied by an illustration describing how that disease is genetically passed on. This is a diagram for the autosomal dominant disease aniridia There

Grants Database

Grants

grants are distributed over multiple years. How to use the Grants Database Refine your search by using the filter at left. Search by setting a date range,

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annual certificate suitable for display to show your patients your commitment to improving treatments for their care. Join Now Levels of Membership All

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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in vision.  Studies supported by RPB show that lifestyle choices may influence the onset and progression of AMD. Order RPB Eye Disease Fact

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studies on particular areas of interest. how to use the research database Refine your search by using the filter at left. Search recently-published scientific

Hope Through Research: Amblyopia & Strabismus

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M.D. University of Iowa College of Medicine Howard S. Ying, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   Advances in understanding

Retinitis Pigmentosa

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the very first treatment. Learn more about how it works by clicking here. The term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of hereditary diseases,

Uveitis / Infectious Diseases

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for corneal blindness. Researchers are studying how the herpes virus replicates in hope of preventing eye infections.  Another cause of serious eye

RPB Career advancement Award

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investigator (MPI) on their first R01.  However, if the candidate has their first R01 and is an MPI on another R01, the candidate is not eligible. 

RPB Career Development Award

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other relevant department prior to submission; however, a secondary appointment is recommended. MDs and MD/PhDs must devote at least 50% of their time

RPB Walt and Lilly Disney Award for Amblyopia Research

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(The application should clearly specify how the proposed research is related to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and/or treatment of amblyopia.) 

Hope Through Research: Cornea

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(Abstract 1, Abstract 2) Insights into how the cornea heals following chemical burns are leading to new therapies. (Abstract 1,  Abstract 2) [deleted

Hope through Research: Diabetic Retinopathy

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degeneration in some patients, have now been shown to have the potential to protect diabetics from developing diabetic retinopathy. While earlier RPB-supported

Hope Through Research: Glaucoma

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it. The findings represent a paradigm shift in how scientists think about the disease, according to one researcher whose work RPB has supported since

Hope through Research: Ocular Cancer

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cell growth are absent. Researchers are learning how certain genes, growth factors, and cells that suppress the immune system contribute to the growth

Hope through Research: Retinitis Pigmentosa

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with RP.  For those with the ABCA4 gene, however, vitamin A supplementation may accelerate a process that precedes vision loss.  Read the abstract. Discoveries

Hope through Research: Uvetis / Infectious Eye Diseases

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researchers study risk factors and how trachoma is spread in Africa.  (Abstract)  White and red blood cell abnormalities have been found to

RPB international research collaborators award

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lab.  A fair amount of flexibility in how this expectation can be implemented will be allowed.  The collaboration should provide a synergistic

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RPB / LCIF Low Vision Research Award

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is damaged, and seeks greater understanding of how the visual system and brain respond to severe and chronic visual loss by answering such questions as: 

RPB Physician-Scientist Award

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of the development of myopia and/or how it can be prevented or decelerated.  The number of people affected by myopia is now increasing around the

Short History of RPB

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dye treatment known as photodynamic therapy is shown to stabilize vision of selected patients with the "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration.

RPB Stein Innovation Award

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catalyze a new line of inquiry or otherwise show a departure from previously funded research.  The proposed research in the application should provide

Test for Macular Degeneration

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this side of the RPB Visual Acuity Card (as shown) to test for signs of age-related macular degeneration. If, after following the instructions on the

Test for Visual Acuity

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this side of RPB's Visual Acuity Card (as shown) to test your visual acuity. If, after following the instructions, you can read the 20/20 line, your vision

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