UI Awarded $100,000 Grant for Vision Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
January 24, 2012
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has been awarded a $100,000 grant for ongoing vision research.
The grant was presented by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), the world's leading voluntary organization supporting eye research.
RPB has a strong history of supporting vision research at the UI. Recently funded projects include the development of a gene replacement strategy for a form of retinitis pigmentosa and modeling methods of vascular endothelial cell loss to provide new information about macular degeneration.
To date, RPB has awarded more than $4 million in support to UI investigators.
For more information on the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, visit http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu.