Department of Ophthalmology Visual Sciences

Funding

Federal Grants

PI Title Funding Source
Adam Kohn Adaptation to Visual Motion National Eye Institute R01
Ales Cvekl Pax6 As a Key Regulator of Lens Development National Eye Institute R01
  Transcriptional Control of the Mouse A Crystallin Locus National Eye Institute R01
  Transcriptional Control of the Mouse A Crystallin Locus National Eye Institute R01 S1
  Differentiation of Human ES and iPS Cells into Lens Cells National Eye Institute R21
Nicholas Baker Cell Competition: Genes that Drive Tissue Replacement National Eye Institute R21
  Cell Competition: Genes that Drive Tissue Replacement National Eye Institute R21 S1
  Cell-Cell Interactions in Developing Retina National Institute of Health R01
  Cell-Cell Interactions in Developing Retina National Institute of Health R01 S1
  Developmental Regulation of Growth, Size, and Shape National Institute of Health R01
  Developmental Regulation of Growth, Size, and Shape National Institute of Health R01 S1
Scott Nawy AMPA Receptor Cycling in the Retina National Eye Institute R01
  Mechanisms of Synaptic Trnasmission in the Retina National Eye Institute R01
  Isolation of Congenital Stationary Blindness Genes National Institute of Health R01

Foundations

PI Title Funding Source
Departmental Unrestricted/Challenge Grant Research to Prevent Blindness


Department Highlights

  • Currently, faculty is receiving more than $23 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health primarily from the National Eye Institute (NEI)
  • 10 NEI grants have been awarded to our 6 basic science faculty
  • Our basic science faculty participate in multidisciplinary research underway in a number of Einstein's centers
  • Our new office of clinical trials is designed to set up and perform a wide-range of ophthalmology clinical trials
  • Beginning in 2011, the department is supported by the Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant