#  Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund awards grants to Harvard affiliates and Boston-area institutions 

 





November 03, 2017

 

 

 The Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund awarded 2017-18 grants to several Harvard Ophthalmology affiliates and Boston-area research institutions. Each institution received $160,000, which supported the following projects:

 **Mass. Eye and Ear:**

 [Kip Connor, PhD](/kipconnor): “Targeting the immune system in retinal degeneration”

 [Baojian Fan, MD, PhD](/baojianfan): “Gene discovery for pigmentary glaucoma”

 [Tatjana Jakobs, MD](/tatjanajakobs): “The effects of aging and intraocular pressure on optic nerve head blood supply”

 **Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear:**

 [Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH](/rezadana), [Ula Jurkunas, MD](/ulajurkunas), and [Ahmad Kheirkhah, MD](/ahmadkheirkhah): "Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions between Corneal Nerves and Endothelial Cells"

 [Bruce Ksander, PhD](/bruceksander): "Understanding and Targeting ZIKA Virus Retinal Birth Defects"

 [Magali Saint-Geniez, PhD](/magalisaintgeniez): "Role of PGC-1b in AMD Progression"

 **Joslin Diabetes Centers/Beetham Eye Institute:**

 [Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD](/lloydpaulaiello) (PI), Allen Clermont, MS, [Paolo Silva, MD](/paolosilva), and [Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH](/jennifersun) (lead researchers): “Diabetic retinopathy: pathogenesis, prediction and prevention”

 **Boston Children’s Hospital:**

 [Bharti N. Gangwani, MD](/bhartigangwani), [Anna Maria Baglieri, OD](/annabaglieri), and [David G. Hunter, MD, PhD](/davidhunter): "Evaluation of a noninvasive eye scanner for monitoring progression of Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and biological aging”

 [Gabriel Kreiman, PhD](/gabrielkreiman): “Understanding the neural basis for rapid learning of object recognition”

 [Ronald Hansen, MD](/ronaldhansen), [James Akula, PhD](/jamesakula), [Anne B. Fulton, MD](/annefulton): "Retinal structure and function in retinopathy of prematurity”

 [Jing Chen, PhD](/jingchen): “The role of amino acid metabolism in FEVR and Norrie disease”

 **New England Eye Center/Tufts Medical Center:**

 [Vicki Chen, MD](https://www.floatinghospital.org/PhysicianDirectory/Vicki-Chen.aspx): “Development of a novel therapy for the treatment of ocular surface blisters in a painful and disfiguring genetic disease, dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa”

 [Pedram Hamrah, MD](https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/PhysicianDirectory/Pedram-Hamrah.aspx): “Characterization of the mechanism of a new disease entity, corneal neuropathic disease, that is associated with debilitating eye pain"

 [Johanna Seddon, MD, ScM](https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/PhysicianDirectory/Johanna-Seddon.aspx): “Identification of ocular biomarkers to determine progression from early to advanced macular degeneration”



 

 

 



 

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