That Man May See is excited to co-sponsor this week’s “Vision Research Funding Partnership” convening in Washington, DC, with @ResearchtoPreventBlindness and more than 30 other vision research funders. By working collectively, we can maximize our impact and make faster progress toward our shared goals. This year’s focus is “The Eye as the Window to Overall […]
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Awards from the BrightFocus Foundation are fueling vision research by UCSF glaucoma specialist Yvonne Ou, MD, and geneticist Douglas Gould, PhD. Competing with vision scientists from across the nation, the two won two-year, $150,000 awards to advance their sight-saving work. Stopping Glaucoma Dr. Ou explores the steps between optic nerve cell injury, loss of nerve cell connections, […]
Bertil Damato, MD, PhD, director of Ocular Oncology at the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology, has co-published a study on “phantom eye syndrome” in patients who have lost an eye to ocular cancer (Ophthalmology journal). The phenomenon is similar to phantom limb pain, but some people continue to have visual experiences. Read about this fascinating study […]
Research to Prevent Blindness is the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated to vision research. Since 1998, it has awarded UCSF Ophthalmology more than $5.7 million for laboratory investigations to understand sight and halt blinding conditions. On October 24, the Department of Ophthalmology welcomed Dr. Brian Hofland, the foundation’s incoming president, for a tour of the […]
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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has awarded clinician scientist Jay Stewart, MD, $110,000 to study how sugar affects the vitreous gel of diabetes patients. The vitreous gel fills the space between the eye’s lens and retina. The studies will test the hypothesis that as the vitreous gel is exposed to sugar in diabetes, it is damaged […]
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The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, now approved for US commercial use, was tested at UCSF and other leading eye centers. Eugene de Juan Jr., MD, the ophthalmology department’s Jean Kelly Stock Distinguished Professor, cofounded Second Sight, which produces the system. UCSF plans to provide the device to Bay Area patients later this year.
To change the fate of babies and children with inherited retinal degenerations, the Claire Giannini Fund recently awarded $515,000 for Dr. Jacque Duncan’s research program. Using adaptive optics technology, she will image patients’ rods and cones in great detail. The funds also will help establish a UCSF “reading center” for uniform analysis and interpretation of […]
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