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Dr. Vaibhav Tiwari wins first place at COM Research Day 2008
Corneal Transplants Can Carry Infection Risk
Dr. Shukla and Dr. Tiwari receive Glaucoma Foundation grant for research on Herpes Simplex-induced glaucoma
Seeing Is Believing - Nanotechnology:engineering molecular devices to restore vision - Article in the UIC Medicine Magazine Winter 2007
Study Shows How Herpes Infects Cornea, Evades Immune Cells
Research project on ocular herpes funded by Midwest Eye Banks
Cornea specialist receives grant to study corneal epithelium regeneration
New treatments macular disease, including ARMD, under investigation at UIC
Investigating perifoveal function in patients with North Carolina Macular Dystrophy
Dr. Hiroshi Nakamura receives AHAF grant for research on glaucoma
Dr. Xiang-qian Song awarded Knights Templar grant for research on cause of nearsightedness
Investigating the role of KLF6 in Keratoconus
May 2006 New Research Publications
Cornea researcher joins ophthalmology faculty
Department researcher joins medical mission to Philippines
New graduate course in visual neurosciences
New treatment for AMD being tested at Eye Center
Charlotte Joslin, OD receives UIC funding for study of recent increase in rare corneal infection
Eye Center participates in national trial of novel treatment for uveitis
Mohammed El Mallah, MD, receives ISPB and MEBTC grants for research on glaucoma and cataracts
Deepak Shukla receives Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Grant for ocular herpes project
Postdoctoral fellow in Ocular Virology Laboratory receives prestigious American Heart Association fellowship
David Ramsey awarded RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship
Pfizer award will yield new understanding of congenital glaucoma
New research on herpes simplex virus has implications for treating ocular herpes
NIH awards Fellowship to Grad Student in Ocular Virology Laboratory
Research to Prevent Blindness awards David R. Pepperberg Senior Scientific Investigator Award
Research to Prevent Blindness awards Deepak Shukla Career Development Award
NIH Awards Funding for Pilot Research that will Help Understand Oxygen Delivery and its Role in Retinal Disease
Research on Low Vision Rehabilitation Funded by Washington Square Foundation
NIH Ranks Department 10th in Research Funding
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