Research Grant Award Winners

Research Grant Recipients

2023

Thomas Wubben, MD (IRRF Recipient)
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF GLUTAMINE CATABOLISM IN CONE PHOTORECEPTOR METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS AND SURVIVAL

Matthew Simunovic, MD (IRRF Recipient)
Collagen Bioglue for Retinal Detachment Repair

Daniel Ting, MD (IRRF Recipient)
A Multi-Modal Explainable Artificial Intelligence System using Weakly Supervised Deep Learning Techniques to Detect and Prognosticate Center-Involving Diabetic Macular Edema Requiring Treatment via a Web-3 based Digital Platform

Luis Arias, MD (IRRF Recipient)
APPLICATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE GENETIC DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY RETINAL DYSTROPHIES

Francesco Bandello, MD (Margaret Cox Recipient)
From diagnostics to prognosis and response prediction: integrating imaging with genetics in patients with retinal vein occlusion

Glenn Yiu, MD (JMCDF Recipient)
Cellular and molecular profiling to improve the precision of anti-angiogenesis therapies for AMD

2022

Abigail Fahim, MD

Effects of PRDM13 pathogenic variants on retinal pigment epithelium differentiation in North Carolina Macular Dystrophy

Ajay E. Kuriyan, MD, MS
Investigating the Role of Monocarboxylate Transporter 4 (MCT4) and Lactate in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

2021

Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD

Aqueous Humor Proteomic analysis to detect targetable diagnostic biomarkers in uveal melanoma

2020

Jasmine Francis, MD

Noninvasive Molecular Profiling of Uveal Melanoma with Cell-free DNA Analysis

Deeba Husain, MD

Role of tissue metabolomics in Age related Macular Degeneration

Kathryn Pepple, MD

Retinal microglia and innate lymphoid cells in post-infectious uveitis

2019

R. Theodore Smith, MD

Fluorescence lifetime imaging in Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Stephen Yeh, MD

Ophthalmic Surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases within Sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asian Outbreak Zones

Glenn Yiu, MD

Host immune responses to CRISPR-based Genome Editing of VEGF-A using AAV vectors

2018

Cagri G. Besirli. MD, PhD

The role of HK2 in photoreceptor metabolism and survival

Naresh Mandava, MD

Protein Biomarkers and Biological Pathways in the Reticular Pseudodrusen Phenotype of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Shlomit Schaal, MD

Cone photoreceptor defects in retinal degenerative diseases

2017

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, FACS, FARVO

Novel Gene Therapy to Regulate Pathologic Neovascularization in AMD

2016

Christine A. Curcio, PhD

Visualizing organelles in human retinal pigment epithelium by 3-dimensional electron microscopy

2015

Robyn Heather Guymer, MD

The role of reduced phagocytosis in the pathogenesis of AMD

2013

Demetrios Vavvas, MD
Role of RIP3 Kinase in Inflammation and Photoreceptor Cell Loss

2012

Kang Zhang, M.D.
Using AMD Patient iPSCs for RPE Differentiation and Disease Modeling

Amani Fawzi, M.D.
Platform for long-term Delivery of Anti-Angiogenic Peptides for Intravitreal Treatment of Neovascular Eye Disease

Milam A. Brantley, Jr., M.D., PhD.
Small molecule-mediated differential expression of HTRA1 and ARMS2 to elucidate gene function in AMD

2011

Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD
Genetic and Environmental Factors in AMD

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Stephen Jae Kim, MD
Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Celecoxib and Valdecoxib after Intraocular Administration for Macular Edema

2010

J. William Harbour, MD
Development of a blood test to diagnose uveal melanoma

2009

Rajendra S. Apte, MD
Wnt Signaling in Choroidal Neovascularization

Lloyd P. Aiello, MD
Treatment with Oral Rosiglitazone to Prevent the Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in eyes at high risk of developing proliferative disease

2007

Paul Sternberg, MD
Plasma proinflammatory biomarkers in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Jose Pulido, MD
Activation State fo Immune Cells in the Human Choriod

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Officers (2023-2024)

President

Daniel F. Martin, MD

Executive Secretary and Founder:

Lawrence J. Singerman, MD

President-Elect:

SriniVas R. Sadda, MD

Secretary:

Julia A. Haller, MD
Treasurer:
Judy E. Kim, MD

Committee Chairs

Awards:

Mark W. Johnson, MD

By-Laws:

Adrienne W. Scott, MD

Credentials:

Lloyd P. Aiello, MD, PhD

Endowment Committee:

Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD
Meeting Planning:

Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, MHCM

Nominating:

Ivana K. Kim, MD

Program:

David Sarraf, MD

Research:

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD

Website:

Richard F. Spaide, MD

International Membership:

Lihteh Wu, MD

Young Member Representative:

Christina Weng, MD

Past Presidents

Arnall Patz, MD

J. Donald M. Gass, MD

Morton F. Goldberg, MD

Robert C. Watzke, MD

Stephen J. Ryan, MD

John G. Clarkson, MD

David H. Orth, MD

Alexander J. Brucker, MD

Lee M. Jampol, MD

Thomas M. Aaberg, MD

Travis A. Meredith, MD

Kurt A. Gitter, MD

William F. Mieler, MD

Daniel Finkelstein, MD

Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD

Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD

Jerry A. Shields, MD

Michael L. Klein, MD

Emily Y. Chew, MD

Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD

Neil M. Bressler, MD

Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD

M. Gilbert Grand, MD

Andrew P. Schachat, MD

James C. Folk, MD

H. Richard McDonald, MD

Joan W. Miller, MD

Carol L. Shields, MD
Mark W. Johnson, MD
Immediate Past President
Glenn J. Jaffee, MD

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