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2010 Grant Awards

1. Shtein, Roni M., M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
   Diagnostic Imaging for Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome ($14,338)
2. Demirci, Hakan, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School
   Roles of inflammation and angiogenesis in conjunctival melanoma progression and metastasis ($15,000)
3. Pukhrambam, Lalit Singh, Ph.D., Wayne State University
   Role of Txnip in retinal inflammation, Gliosis and innate immune response in early stages of diabetes ($15,000)
4. Thompson, Debra, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
   Chromophore therapy in retinal degeneration ($15,000)
5. Hitchcock, Peter, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
   Regulation of retinal-specific gene expression ($15,000)
6. Bartoe, Joshua T., M.S., D.V.M., Michigan State University
   Mutant Capsid AAV vectors for gene therapy in a canine model of rapid-onset retinal dystrophy ($15,000)
7. Berger, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine
   Analysis of post-trauma vision syndrome using a rat model of diffuse traumatic brain injury ($15,000)
8. Chang, Jin Hong, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
   Collagen XVIII in corneal lymphangiogenesis ($15,000)
9. Gage, Phillip J. Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
   Testing post-natal models of Pitx2-related glaucoma ($15,000)

Student Stipend Award Recipients – 2010

Vinay Aakalu, M.D., University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine
Monica Michelotti, University of Michigan
Asim Farooq, University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine
Jason Jacoby, University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine
Shameka Shelby, University of Michigan
Dan Kasprick, University of Michigan
Cynthia Von Zee, Ph.D., Loyola University Health System
Justin Belsky, Wayne State University, Kresge Eye Institute
Dolly Padovani-Claudio, University of Michigan