Zhe (Jason) Liu, a biostatistician on the Nutrition and Eye Health Research Team since 2011, has received an Academic Staff Professional Development Grant from UW-Madison. The grant support Liu’s efforts to present at the Association …
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2017 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium
The International Society for Eye Research (ISER) and BrightFocus hosted the 2017 Glaucoma Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia on October 5-8, 2017. The symposium brought together leaders in the field of glaucoma and focused on …
Nader Sheibani Receives Stein Innovation Award
ABOUT THE Award Nader Sheibani, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health, has been granted a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Stein Innovation Award. Up to $300,000 will be provided …
Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stem Cells, David Gamm, MD, PhD
David Gamm, MD, PhD, discusses Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stem Cells at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016.
Research on Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Barbara Blodi, MD
Barbara Blodi, MD, discusses current research on treatments for age-related macular degeneration at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016.
UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
January is national glaucoma awareness month A research team of the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has discovered novel mutations in a gene that are responsible for an important subset of childhood blindness …
A Review: The Association Between Myopia and Glaucoma
CORE CONCEPTS The increasing global prevalence of myopia has significant consequences beyond mere optical correction, as it predisposes individuals to severe ocular pathologies including glaucoma. Biomechanical stresses induced by increased axial length of the globe and oxidative stress are implicated in the development of glaucoma …
Nickells Lab Explores the Molecular Complexities of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Glaucoma
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month Meet Robert Nickells, PhD, a researcher in the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Nickells leads an active research program studying the biology of …
Increasing Options for Glaucoma Treatment and Detection
Meet Yao Liu, MD, Glaucoma sub-specialist at the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences “As a glaucoma specialist, I see far too many patients who suffer from severe vision loss that does not …