With half of our faculty members dedicated to scientific and clinical research, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences never falls short of new discoveries to report on. Our researchers cover a wide range of eye care areas, ranging from basic research to cellular and molecular immunology.
Art, In Spite of AMD
Mar 19 2018 // Jefferey Lange is fascinated by the beauty and arrangement of colors and textures. As an artist diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Lange is acutely aware of being able to see colors and textures. Lange… Read More
It’s a Go – The Clinical Trials Unit Embarks on the First Human Gene Therapy Trial in DOVS History
Mar 13 2018 // The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) has formally been announced as a partner site for Nightstar Therapeutics’ STAR Phase 3 Registrational Trial for NSR-REP1 in Choroideremia. This is the first… Read More
Improving Glaucoma Treatment // Experimental Gene Transfer Techniques
Feb 14 2018 // Listen to Full Interview In an interview with WYPL-FM’s (Memphis, TN) radio show Eye on Vision, Curtis Brandt, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, discussed the research of experimental gene transfer techniques to… Read More
The First FDA Approved Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Disease
Feb 13 2018 // Losing vision is devastating. For individuals with inherited retinal degenerations (IRD), vision loss is a daily reality affecting even the simplest of tasks. Furthermore, an accurate diagnosis as to what is creating vision change is… Read More
Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin Breaks Ground on New Facility
Feb 01 2018 // Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW), stakeholders, and city officials gathered on January 25, 2018, for the official groundbreaking ceremony of the new Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin facility. LEBW’s Executive Director, Darice Langham, kicked… Read More
Yao Liu, MD, Secures 2018 American Glaucoma Society Mentoring for Advancement of Physician Scientists Award
Jan 16 2018 // Yao Liu, MD, assistant professor with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was recently awarded a 2018 American Glaucoma Society Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientists Award grant. The $10,000 grant supports Dr. Liu’s study, “Macular… Read More
Nutrition and Eye Research Team Secures Professional Development Grant for 2018 ARVO Presentation
Jan 16 2018 // 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… Read More
2017 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium
Dec 21 2017 // 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… Read More
Nader Sheibani Receives Stein Innovation Award
Jul 25 2017 // 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… Read More
Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stem Cells, David Gamm, MD, PhD
Feb 27 2017 // David Gamm, MD, PhD, discusses Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stem Cells at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016. Read More
Research on Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Barbara Blodi, MD
Feb 15 2017 // Barbara Blodi, MD, discusses current research on treatments for age-related macular degeneration at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016. Read More
UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
Jan 30 2017 // 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… Read More
