GLAUCOMA RESEARCH SOCIETY OF CANADA



Glaucoma Research Society of Canada

APPROVED GRANTS FOR 2018

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| |Institution/Location |Title of Research Project |Author(s) Name(s) |

| |University of Alberta |Identification of the genetic basis of pigmentary glaucoma |Dr. Michael Walter |

|1 |Edmonton, AB | | |

| |University of British Columbia |Risk of angle closure glaucoma with serotonin receptor |Dr. Mahyar Etminan |

|2 |Vancouver, BC |agonists in migraine patients |Dr. Frederick Mikelberg |

| | | |Mr. Mohit Sodhi, MSc Candidate |

| |Dalhousie University |Dentritic retraction and associated physiological responses |Dr. Francois Tremblay |

|3 |Halifax, NS |in retinal ganglion cells in experimental glaucoma |Dr. Balwantray Chauhan |

| |Dalhousie University |Evaluation of the ability of optic coherence tomography to |Dr. Brennan Eadie |

|4 |Halifax, NS |distinguish glaucomatous from ischemic optic neuropathy |Dr. Marcelo Nicolela |

| |Kembril Research Institute |Retinal ganglion cell neuroprotection in animal models of |Dr. Michael Reber |

|5 |University Health Network |glaucoma |Dr. Jeremy Sivak |

| |Toronto, ON | | |

| |Krembil Research Institute |MNK1 as a novel neuroprotective target in RGC injury |Dr. Jeremy Sivak |

|6 |University Health Network | |Alessandra Tuccitto |

| |Toronto, ON | | |

| |Krembil Research Institute |Assessment of RGMa antibodies that promote optic nerve |Dr. Philippe Monnier |

|7 |University Health Network Toronto, ON |regeneration in glaucoma models | |

| |Lawson Health Research Institute |Peri-operative NSAID drops for trabeculectomy wound |Dr. Cindy Hutnik |

|8 |London, ON |management |James J. Armstrong, MD/PhD Candidate |

| | | |UWO |

| |Lawson Health Research Institute |Development of a customizable prototype low vision device for|Dr. Yogesh Patodia |

| |London, ON |patients with significantly restricted visual fields |Dr. Alexander Mao |

|9 | | |Dr. Cindy Hutnik |

| |Lawson Health Research Institute |Mechanisms underlying excess matrix deposition in the |Dr. Sunil Parapuram |

|10 |London, ON |trabecular meshwork in glaucoma | |

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|11 |Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital Research Centre |Investigation of the relationship between ocular biomechanics|Dr. Mark Lesk |

| |Montreal, QC |and beta-peripapillary atrophy in glaucoma: A new hypothesis| |

| |McGill University |Histopathological changes in the trabecular meshwork with an |Christina Mastromonaco, PhD Candidate |

|12 |Montreal, QC |anterior and posterior chamber intraocular lens implant after|Dr. Miguel N. Burnier, Jr. |

| | |cataract surgery |Dr. Nabil Saheb |

| |McMaster University |Investigating MRTF-A as a novel anti-fibrotic target in |Dr. Judith West-Mays |

|13 |Hamilton, ON |trabecular meshwork cells for open angle glaucoma | |

| |McMaster University |Development of a preference-based disease-specific |Dr. Ike Ahmed |

|14 |Hamilton, ON |health-related quality of life instrument for glaucoma |Dr. Feng Xie |

| |Nova Scotia Health Authority |Influence of Bruch’s membrane opening area on the diagnostic |Dr. Lucas A. Torres |

|15 |Halifax, NS |performance of optical coherence tomography |Dr. Balwantray Chauhan |

| |Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |Enhancing retinal ganglion cell production for cell |Dr. Pierre Mattar |

|16 |Ottawa, ON |replacement therapy | |

| |Providence St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s |Is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) entry into the optic nerve |Dr. Neeru Gupta |

|17 |Healthcare |impaired in glaucoma? |Dr. Yeni Yücel |

| |Toronto, ON | | |

| |Providence St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s |Is lymphatic drainage from the eye altered in glaucoma? |Dr. Yeni Yücel |

|18 |Healthcare | |Dr. Neeru Gupta |

| |Toronto, ON | | |

| |Sunnybrook Research Institute |Corneal endothelial cell loss after trabeculectomy vs. |Dr. Ali Ahadian |

|19 |Toronto, ON |combined trabeculectomy phacoemulsification and IOL |Dr. Hallchew |

| | |implantation |Dr. Catherine Birt |

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|20 |University of Toronto |Cost-related nonadherence with topical glaucoma medications |Dr. Yaping Jin |

| |Toronto, ON |among working age patients |Dr. Yvonne Buys |

| | | |Dov Kagan |

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