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2025 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD

Colleen Cebulla, MD, PhD Ohio State University Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Dr. Paul A. Weber Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Medical Retina-Ocular Oncology Fellowship Director Director, Lions Research Laboratory Director, Retinal Research Laboratory Project Title: Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors as Novel Neuroprotective Therapies in the Retina Dr Cebulla is a board-certified […]

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2025 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Parisa Emami-Naeini, MD, MPH

Parisa Emami-Naeini, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Uveitis Service, Taschannen Eye Institute University of California Davis Project Title: Non-invasive Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Detection of Retinal Vascular Leakage and Vasculitis in Uveitis In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Emami-Naeini is a clinician-scientist with a strong interest in big data and AI research. She is […]

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2025 Retina Society/IRRF Awardee Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD

Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Medicine, (Rheumatology) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Project Title: The Role of Choroidal Macrophages in Choriocapillaris Homeostasis Perivascular macrophages exist on blood vessels in the retina. In the brain, these cells are important for blood-brain barrier homeostasis, but almost nothing is known about these cells in the […]

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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 With a Gradient Photobleach Recovery Assay Rod-mediated dark adaptometry is the most reliable subjective assay of visual function that can distinguish normal aging from early and intermediate macular degeneration.  This […]

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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 Understanding the metabolic underpinnings that orchestrate stress pathway activation in photoreceptors is critical to creating innovative, therapeutic strategies for retinal degenerative diseases.  This proposal will identify the link between metabolic […]

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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 Chronic oxidative retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) damage in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) leads to damage to rod photoreceptors and scotopic function loss in early disease, and later involve cones in […]

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