In 2023, 13 grant applications across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical science were received for consideration for funding by the Research and Education Fund and Grant Awards program. All were carefully reviewed by a committee consisting of Jason Hsu, Nora Lad, Eric Nudleman, Susanna Park, Yannis Paulus, Charles Wycoff and David Zacks. The 2023 Retina Society/IRRF awardees are as follows:
2023 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Andrew Browne, MD, PhD
Andrew Browne, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology Gavin Herbert Eye Institute University of California Irvine Project Title: An Imaging Assay to Objectively Quantify Dark Adaptometry
2023 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Thomas Wubben, MD, PhD
Thomas Wubben, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Science University of Michigan Project Title: Photoreceptor Protection Via Metabolic Targeting of the Integrated Stress Response
2023 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Glenn Yiu, MD
Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD Director, Tele-Ophthalmology Professor, Department of Ophthalmology University of California Davis Project Title: Photoreceptor Reprogramming in an Optogenetic Model of Geographic Atrophy