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Research to Prevent Blindness

Grants Database

RPB Special Scholar Awards from 2010-2012 matching Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

2 Awards ($135,000)

RPB Grant Type
Year
Award
Research Area
Awardee
Institution
Special Scholar Award 2012 $60,000 Glaucoma, Retina Liu, Xiaorong / PhD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Understanding how brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents retinal ganglion cell degeneration in glaucoma.
Special Scholar Award 2011 $75,000 Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuroscience Singer, Joshua Harris / PhD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The extent to which inner retinal neurons are capable of transferring visual signals following photoreceptor death.

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