In 2024, The Macula Society Research Committee awarded funds to four individuals for the IRRF/Macula Society Research Grant. The Committee covers a breadth of research experience which is essential to critical review of each applicant.
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Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Role of the Aging Immune System in Regulating Uveitis Dr. Apte serves as the Director of Education in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and the Department of Developmental Biology at the Washington […]
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Susanna S. Park, MD, PhD UC Davis Medical Center University of California Project Title: Repeat Intravitreal Injection of CD34+ Stem Cells for Retinal Degeneration — Preclinical Safety and Efficacy Study Dr. Park received her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years specializing in the diagnosis […]
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Adrienne W. Scott, MD, FASRS Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Project Title: Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease with Macular Flow Voids and Cerebral MRI Dr. Adriene Scott is a retina specialist and the Fred M. Leader Family Retinal Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute’s locations in Baltimore and Bel Air, […]
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Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD, FASRS University of Chicago Project Title: Cell atlas of gut-retina-RPE-choroid axis Dr. Dimitra Skondra is a highly respected, board-certified retinal specialist, with a particular focus on the medical and surgical treatment of vitreoretinal disease detachment, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusions, eye trauma, proliferative vitreoretinopathy and intraocular infections, with advanced training […]
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The International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) has partnered with The Macula Society to form The Macula Society/IRRF Award. The Award is in accordance with the Macula Society’s purpose of providing a forum for the presentation and dissemination of the most current and most advanced scientific information and research in retinal vascular and macular diseases. This […]
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Charles DeBoer, MD, PhD Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology The members of the Board of The Robert Machemer Foundation have awarded the 2023 Robert Machemer MD and International Retinal Research Foundation Fellowship to The Stanford Health Care Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, to Charles DeBoer, MD, PhD. Dr. DeBoer is a board-certified, fellowship-trained vitreoretinal […]
Awards, IRRF-Funded Research, irrf-related news, Research, Robert Machemer MD and IRRF Fellowship, vitreoretinal diseases
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The role of microglia-mediated inflammation on the cell fate of proliferating Müller glia following p27Kip1 inactivation and outer retina degeneration in aged mice
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Marco Bassetto, PhD University of California Irvine, USA PROJECT TITLE: Pharmacological treatment for maculopathies based on oral administration of new visual cycle modulator Dr. Bassetto developed his PhD in the field of ocular drug delivery. His early research aimed at establishing methods to enhance permeation of therapeutics within the eye after non-invasive, topical application. Most […]
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Zhiquan Liu, PhD Stanford University, USA PROJECT TITLE: Gene therapy for PDE6A deficient retinitis pigmentosa via CRISPR base editing Dr. Liu earned his undergraduate and graduate training in biology at Jilin University in China, was in the top 1% of students and published many high impact papers. He went on to earn his PhD degree […]
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