Grants Database
RPB Grant Awards from 2014
83 Awards ($10,617,500)
| RPB Grant Type |
Year |
Award |
Research Area |
Awardee |
Institution |
| Career Development Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Retina, Retinal Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology | Dunn, Felice Audris / PhD | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine |
| To examine the sequence and mechanisms of reaction to photoreceptor damage in eye diseases with the ultimate goal of reprogramming retinal connectivity after photoreceptor injury. | |||||
| Career Development Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Retina, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Hoang, Quan V / MD, PhD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
| To use collagen cross-linking agents to restrict scleral growth in patients with myopia (near-sightedness). | |||||
| Career Development Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Retina, Genetics | Rao, Rajesh C. / MD | The Regents of the University of Michigan School of Medicine |
| To generate clinically relevant cell types from retinal stem cells for disease modeling and therapy. | |||||
| Career Development Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Retina | Rao, Sujata / PhD | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU |
| To examine the role of environmental light in processes necessary for development of the eye. | |||||
| Career Development Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Retina, Visual Neuroscience | Schwartz, Gregory W / PhD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| To measure connectivity and function of neural circuits to increase our understanding of how information is processed in the retina. | |||||
| Catalyst Award for Stem Cell Research for Age-Related Macular Degeneration | 2014 | $250,000 | AMD, Stem Cell, Age-Related Eye Diseases | Gamm, David M / MD, PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health |
| To optimize transplanted retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cell survival, which is critical to the success of RPE transplantation as a therapy for retinal degenerative diseases. | |||||
| Catalyst Award for Stem Cell Research for Age-Related Macular Degeneration | 2014 | $250,000 | AMD, Stem Cell, Age-Related Eye Diseases | Maeda, Akiko / MD, PhD | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| To create induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived retinal 3D-optic cups from AMD patients, then to test their validity as platforms for individualized drug screening for AMD patients. | |||||
| Catalyst Award for Stem Cell Research for Age-Related Macular Degeneration | 2014 | $250,000 | AMD, Stem Cell, Age-Related Eye Diseases | Tucker, Budd A / PhD | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine |
| To produce outer retinal cell grafts (grown from fibroblasts taken from a patient's own skin) on biodegradable scaffolds and deliver the cell scaffolds into an eye. | |||||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Baylor College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons | ||
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| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles | ||
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| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Duke University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Emory University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Harvard Medical School | ||
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| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Indiana University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Medical University of South Carolina | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | The Regents of the University of Michigan School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Tufts University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Arizona College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Florida College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine | ||
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| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Louisville School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center, Medical School | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | ||
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| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Utah Health Sciences Center | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Washington School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Wayne State University School of Medicine | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Weill Cornell Medical College | ||
| Departmental Grant | 2014 | $115,000 | Yale University School of Medicine | ||
| Disney Award for Amblyopia Research | 2014 | $100,000 | Pediatric Ophthalmology, Eye Movement Disorders, Strabismus, Amblyopia, Neuro-Ophthalmology | Gamlin, Paul D R / PhD | University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine |
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To investigate the role of the brain's cerebellum in maintaining eye alignment.
Story: UAB's Gamlin wins Disney award for "lazy eye" research |
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| Disney Award for Amblyopia Research | 2014 | $100,000 | Pediatric Ophthalmology, Eye Movement Disorders, Strabismus, Amblyopia, Neuro-Ophthalmology | Pineles, Stacy L / MD, MS | David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| To evaluate the effectiveness of an interactive program, originally designed to improve vision by optimizing visual processing, as an amblyopia therapy. | |||||
| International Research Scholar Award | 2014 | $2,500 | Cordeiro, M Francesca / PhD | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | |
| To identify and quantify lipids in the trabecular meshwork and the optic nerve. | |||||
| Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship | 2014 | $30,000 | Retinal Cell Biology | Bhoiwala, Devang L | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Investigating the connection between systemic iron overload and retinal iron accumulation / degeneration. | |||||
| Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship | 2014 | $30,000 | Retinal Cell Biology | Men, Clara Jiayun | Harvard Medical School |
| Conducting research at Harvard Medical School/MEEI. | |||||
| Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship | 2014 | $30,000 | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Ortiz, Angelica Gabriela | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine |
| Studying the role of BAP1 in uveal melanoma metastasis to improve treatments to delay or prevent metastasis and improve survival. | |||||
| Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa | 2014 | $100,000 | Retinitis Pigmentosa, Retinal Cell Biology | Arshavsky, Vadim / PhD | Duke University School of Medicine |
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To develop a possible treatment for multiple forms of RP arising from a newly discovered, common RP risk factor.
Story: Arshavsky Receives Senior Scientific Investigator Award from RPB |
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| Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa | 2014 | $100,000 | Retinitis Pigmentosa, Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Baehr, Wolfgang / PhD | University of Utah Health Sciences Center |
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To apply cutting edge genetic tools to address broad mechanisms shared by many forms of RP.
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| Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa | 2014 | $100,000 | Retinitis Pigmentosa, Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cell | Gamm, David M / MD, PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health |
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To develop a rod replacement therapy for RP using skin-derived, human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Story: David Gamm to Use Stem Cells to Create Rod Photoreceptors |
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| Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa | 2014 | $100,000 | Retinitis Pigmentosa | Pierce, Eric A. / MD, PhD | Harvard Medical School |
| To help define the genetic causes of RP and provide a path to developing gene therapy. | |||||
| Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa | 2014 | $100,000 | Retinitis Pigmentosa, Retinal Cell Biology | Zack, Donald J / MD, PhD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| To identify candidate drugs for the treatment of RP. | |||||
| Physician-Scientist Award | 2014 | $100,000 | Retina | Apte, Rajendra S. / MD, PhD | Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine |
| The role of macrophages in cholesterol metabolism in the retina with relevance to both early and advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). | |||||
| Physician-Scientist Award | 2014 | $100,000 | Glaucoma | Fingert, John H / MD, PhD | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine |
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The role of a newly discovered, novel normal-tension glaucoma gene with potential to lead to the development of a neuro-protective therapy for glaucoma.
Story: Fingert selected for 2014 RPB Physician-Scientist Award |
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| Physician-Scientist Award | 2014 | $100,000 | Eye Movements, Strabismus, Amblyopia, Neuro-Ophthalmology | Horton, Jonathan C / MD, PhD | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine |
| Examining how humans with strabismus decide which eye to use to look at targets - a possible new basis for developing prevention and treatment strategies. . | |||||
| Physician-Scientist Award | 2014 | $100,000 | Cornea | Jain, Sandeep / MD | University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine |
| Testing the therapeutic potential of removing immune cell secretions from the ocular surface of dry eye patients in a clinical trial. | |||||
| Physician-Scientist Award | 2014 | $100,000 | Pediatric Ophthalmology, Eye Movement Disorders, Strabismus, Amblyopia, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Kahana, Alon / MD, PhD | The Regents of the University of Michigan School of Medicine |
| Explaining neurological mechanisms that underlie strabismus and determining success or failure of surgery. | |||||
| Research Sabbatical Grant | 2014 | $50,000 | Cornea, Infectious Disease | Gilmore, Michael S / PhD | Harvard Medical School |
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Improving understanding of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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| Special Grant | 2014 | $50,000 | Committee on Public Health Approaches to Reduce Vision Impairment and Promote Eye Health | National Academy of Sciences / National Academy of Medicine | |
| Conducting a study to examine the public health needs for improving U.S. vision and eye health. | |||||
| Special Grant | 2014 | $125,000 | General Operating Support | Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology | |
| AUPO is a key ally in RPB's commitment to enrich the development of the Chairs, Directors of Research, and other leaders from departments of ophthalmology. | |||||
| Special Grant | 2014 | $30,000 | Resident Retreats, 2014 and 2015 | The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation | |
| Encourage and facilitate talented residents to pursue a career in academic ophthalmology. | |||||
| Special Scholar Award | 2014 | $25,000 | Cornea, Glaucoma, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Iomini, Carlo / PhD | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| To better understand corneal repair mechanisms and anterior segment diseases. | |||||
| Special Scholar Award | 2014 | $55,000 | Glaucoma | Keller, Kate E / PhD | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine |
| To identify extracellular matrix components and cell adhesion characteristics that contribute to the regulation of intraocular pressure, leading to possible novel glaucoma therapies. | |||||
| Special Scholar Award | 2014 | $75,000 | Retinal Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Seo, Seongjin / PhD | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine |
| To better understand the origin and development of cilia diseases affecting photoreceptor cells. | |||||
| Special Scholar Award | 2014 | $60,000 | Retina | Sobrin, Lucia / MD, MPH | Harvard Medical School |
| To identify genetic risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy progression in African-Americans. | |||||
| Stein Innovation Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Ocular Oncology, Genetics | Bastian, Boris C / MD, PhD | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine |
| Ddevelop and validate a DNA-based assay that provides improved prognostic information, and to test drugs known to inhibit pathways that lead to growth and metastasis of uveal melanomas. | |||||
| Stein Innovation Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Visual Psychophysics, Physiological Optics | Brainard, David H / PhD | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Combining adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) with high resolution functional testing of vision for use in future gene, cell, or small molecule-based therapies. | |||||
| Stein Innovation Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Visual Psychophysics, Physiological Optics | Williams, David / PhD | University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry |
| Refining a new retinal camera for higher resolution imaging of capillary remodeling and retinal blood flow in order to track microvascular structure changes as early manifestations of diabetic eye disease. | |||||
| Stein Innovation Award | 2014 | $300,000 | Glaucoma, Systems Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Williams, Robert W / PhD | University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Using microfluidics and single-cell RNA-sequencing methods to determine the first molecular steps in the cascade of events that causes subsets of ganglion cells to die; using the data to design neuroprotective interventions to insulate cells from glaucomatous stressors. | |||||
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