| The Ohio LIONS Eye Research Foundation has
Awarded $137,200 for Eye Research and Student
Fellowships for the 2006 - 2007 Research Year
At the Summer 2006
OLERF Board meeting, trustees of the Ohio LIONS Eye Research Foundation
have made awards totaling $137,500 for eye
research and student fellowships for the 2006
- 2007 research year. Continuation eye
research grants to six research centers in
Ohio totaled $$97,200, four
Bryan grants for diabetes related eye disease totaled $30,000
and student research fellowships (4) totaled $10,000.
The six research centers in Ohio include
- University of Cincinnati,
- Wright State University (Dayton),
- OSU Department of Ophthalmology,
- OSU College of Optometry,
- Children's Hospital (Columbus) and
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).
Four Bryan diabetes research grants were
awarded;
- OSU Department of Ophthalmology,
- OSU College of Optometry
- Children's Hospital, Columbus Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University.
Four student fellowships were awarded;
- OSU Department of Ophthalmology,
- OSU College of Optometry,
- Columbus Children's Hospital
- Case Western Reserve University.
The funded research programs span a wide range of eye disease
including amblyopia, river blindness, diabetic
retinopathy, corneal dystrophies, cataract, age related macular
degeneration, new treatments for refractive error, optic nerve disease,
glaucoma, gene therapy, lazy eye among many others.
See detailed descriptions under Funded
Research for details of the projects funded and future directions
for eye research.
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