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Fiscal Year 2000 Research Grants Funded

1. Hines V. A. Hospital - Grant administered through CARES (The Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science)

Principal Investigator: Joan Stelmack, O.D.
Co-Investigator: Thomas R. Stelmack, O.D.

Preventing Disabling Effects of Vision Loss in Patients with AMD

2. Illinois College of Optometry

Principal Investigator: Daniel K. Roberts, O.D., M.S.

Factors in Expression of the Pigment Dispersion Syndrome; Iris Thickness and other parameter Differences Between African-Americans and Caucasians

3. Illinois College of Optometry

Principal Investigator: Rebecca K. Zoltoski, Ph.D.

The Effect of Antioxidant Vitamins E and C on Tryptophan-Deficiency Cataract in the Guinea Pig

4. Illinois College of Optometry

Principal Investigator: Mary P- Flynn, O.D.
Co-Investigators: Gerald A. Fishman, M.D., Sandeep Grover, M.D.

Clinical Course of Vision Loss in Choroideremia

5. Loyola University Medical Center

Principal Investigator: Thomas John, M.D.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Olfloxacin vs. Ciprofloxacin Against Staphylococcus Epidermis and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Adherence to Pig Corneal Stroma During LASIK Surgery

6. Hines V. A. Hospital - Grant administered through CARES (The Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science

Co-Principal Investigators: Jay 1. Periman, M.D., Ph.D. and 
James D. Stittsworth, Jr„ Ph.D.

Ultrastructural Investigation of Retina Implanted with a Microphotodiade-Based Array

7. Northwestern University

Primary Investigator: Paul Bryar, M.D.

Classification of  Conjunctival and Orbital Lymphoid Lesions: A Study of Histopathology, Immunocytochemistry and Clinical Course

8. Rush University

Principal Investigator: Alan C. Parent, M.D.

Histopathologic Staining Characteristics of Indocyanine Green (ICG) Dye Following Intraocular Injection in Rabbits

9. The University of Chicago

Principal Investigator: Kourous A. Rezai, M.D.

Immune Privilege in Retina

10. The University of Chicago

Principal Investigator: Laura J. Pankow, 0.D.

Glaucoma Screening Program of Dementia Patients in a Primary Health Care Setting