Yao Liu, MD, received an American Glaucoma Society Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientist award for $10,000. Her study, “Macular pigment levels as a glaucoma risk factor in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 …
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Dr. Lakkaraju Receives NEI Grant
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD, received an R01 grant from the National Eye Institute “Mechanisms of cellular clearance in the retinal pigment epithelium.” It is a 5-year grant at $250,000 per year. Autophagy is a garbage disposal …
Department Hosts Inaugural Spring Vision Science Research Symposium
Paul Sieving, MD, PhD, was the keynote speaker for a successful Spring Vision Science Research Symposium sponsored by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The April 10 event, which featured talks by more than …
Residents Inspired by India Experience
A note from our Chief Resident: The first UW Ophthalmology Elective International Rotation was a huge success! From February 6 through 20, senior resident Dr. Pimkwan Jaru-Ampornpan and I as well as two attending surgeons, …
UW Ophthalmologists help demonstrate effectiveness of diabetic macular edema treatments
An ophthalmology research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison took part in a nationwide clinical trial comparing treatments for a form of diabetic eye disease. The study found that three commonly used drugs perform much …
UW Researcher Honored by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Karen J. Cruickshanks, Ph.D., received a Distinguished Alumni Award for Research from the University of Pittsburgh graduate school in Public Health at the school’s alumni reunion May 16. Dr. Cruickshanks, a professor in the University …
Scheie Eye Institute honors Dr. Daniel Albert
Madison, Wisconsin – The University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute on April 12 presented its outstanding alumni award to Dr. Daniel Albert of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Albert, chairman …
New book helps describe eye muscle problems to patients, parents and the public
Parents of children with eye muscle problems have a new source of information on their children’s health. Burton Kushner, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus specialist has written a book “Eye Muscle Problems in Children …
Knoch receives Dean’s Teaching Award
Daniel Knoch, MD, recently received a UW School of Medicine and Public Health Dean’s Teaching Award for 2013. Dr. Knoch is director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The …