Vision Research
Vision Research – Past Recipients
The research scientists were awarded grants for their innovative research and recognition for their work in the areas of macular degeneration, gene therapy, stem cell research and neuroscience of visual pathways. They each display potential for making significant progress in understanding root causes of blindness and developing cures. Each candidate was awarded $240,000 for a three-year funding period.
2008
Andrew F.X. Goldberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Oakland University
Research: “Novel Assay and Screen for Protein Interactions Linking Photoreceptor Structure and Viability”
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Brian A. Link, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Medical College of Wisconsin
Research: “Polarized endocytosis in retinal development and disease”
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2007
Ruth Ashery-Padan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Research: “Investigating the molecular basis of visual system development”
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Joseph Carroll, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin
Research: “Uncovering mechanisms of retinal disease with high-resolution retinal imaging”
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Jeff Gross, PhD
Associate Professor, Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology,
Institute for Neuroscience,
University of Texas at Austin
Research: “A Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Choroid Fissure Morphogenesis in the zebrafish eye”
2004
Tiffany Cook, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Developmental Biology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Research: “Understanding photoreceptor development – a blueprint for preventing retinal degeneration”
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Hui Sun, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Jules Stein Eye Institute
Early Career Scientist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Research: “Mechanism of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase/macular degeneration”
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Joshua Weiner, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, The University of Iowa
Research: “ALCAM-adhesion in development of choroid and ocular structure.”
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