Congratulations to our latest group of researchers!

Loyola
The Therapeutic Effect of Probiotic Metabolite MQ on Experimental Dry Eye Mouse Models

U of C

Protecting retinal neurons using extracellular vesicles



Rush


UIC
Comparing Gradient Changes in Retinal Layer Thickness Maps and Microvasculature to Differentiate between Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Old Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

Hines VA Hospital
The Association Between Non-infectious Uveitis and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans

Northwestern
Establishing IOP Volatility Control before and after MIGS and Cataract Surgery: KDB Goniotomy and Hydrus Microstent




Dreiske Awardee


Ndukwe


U of C
Fecal Short Chain Fatty Acids in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

UIC
Resilience of retinal vasculature to diabetic retinopathy

Loyola
Riluzole protects photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelia cells from blue light-induced injury in vitro

Midwestern/Stroger
Incidence of cystoid macular edema and changes in choroidal thickness after MicroPulse and traditional trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation

UIC
McKechnie Awardee
ReticulovER Inhibits Ocular HSV-1 Infection by Inducing a Robust UPR Response to Curb Virally-Induced ER-Stress

Loyola
Development of an Ex Vivo Choroidal Sprouting Assay from Human Donor Tissue
Shughoury

Northwestern
Clinical Outcomes in Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma

University of Chicago
Racial differences in quantitative optical coherence tomography angiography findings between diabetics with and without diabetic retinopathy.
Sooranahalli

Loyola
The potential roles of IL-1beta, IL-6, and HMGB1 in the pathogenesis of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Loyola
Blood Biomarker Profile in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy

Loyola
The Potential Roles of Caspase-1/IL-1β signaling, HIF-1α, and VEGF in Blood Samples Collected from Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Implications in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Stroger
Efficacy of a 3D Printed Smartphone Head-mount for Bedside Fundus Imaging as a Teaching Tool for Residents and Medical Students

Loyola
Investigating the contribution of paxillin to primary open angle glaucoma pathogenesis

Northwestern
Bass Awardee
Using spatial transcriptomics to resolve human pro-angiogenic macrophages in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Stroger

Northwestern/Lurie Children’s Hospital
Monitoring for keratoconus in a US pediatric population with high astigmatism: rates of progression and patient characteristics
AWARD WINNERS

Maha Khokhar
Dreiske Awardee
Dr. Pankaj Sharma
McKechnie Awardee