Research News

• 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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