Research Grant Recipients
2024 Recipients
Leo Kim, MD, PhD (Mills and Margaret Cox Recipient)
Inhibition of Topoisomerase 1 for the treatment of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
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Andreas Pollreisz, MD (IRRF Recipient)
High-resolution Imaging of Microglia in Diabetic Retinopathy Visualised by Adaptive-Optics OCT
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Thiran Jayasundera, MD (IRRF Recipient)
Functional vision limitations and distress quantification in diabetic retinal diseases
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Joshua Dunaief, MD (IRRF Recipient)
Nutritional intervention for AMD amelioration: a prospective trial feasibility study
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Avni Finn, MD (IRRF Recipient)
Developing a Deep Learning Model for the Automated Analysis of Macular Holes
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2023 Recipients
Thomas Wubben, MD (IRRF Recipient)
ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF GLUTAMINE CATABOLISM IN CONE PHOTORECEPTOR METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS AND SURVIVAL
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Matthew Simunovic, MD (IRRF Recipient)
Collagen Bioglue for Retinal Detachment Repair
![](https://xcdsystem.com/maculasociety/pictures_mobile/Simunovic_Matthew_3750.jpg)
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
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Luis Arias, MD (IRRF Recipient)
APPLICATION OF NEW MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE GENETIC DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY RETINAL DYSTROPHIES
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Francesco Bandello, MD (Margaret Cox Recipient)
From diagnostics to prognosis and response prediction: integrating imaging with genetics in patients with retinal vein occlusion
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Glenn Yiu, MD (JMCDF Recipient)
Cellular and molecular profiling to improve the precision of anti-angiogenesis therapies for AMD
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2022 Recipients
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Investigating the Role of Monocarboxylate Transporter 4 (MCT4) and Lactate in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
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Mark W. Johnson, MD
Glenn J. Jaffe, MD
Immediate Past President
Daniel F. Martin, MD