2005 Research Grants Awarded
Understanding Glaucoma In Menopausal Women among Innovative Research Proposals Receiving More Than $85,000 Seed Money
August 17, 2005
Dr. Graham Trope, founder of the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada and chair of its Scientific Advisory Committee announced eight recipients of grants for research into glaucoma.
“These innovative projects reflect our mission of supporting new ideas at their birth with seed money,” Trope said. “Once they've established some data and a track record, the researchers can seek additional funding from larger funding organizations such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to continue their work of seeking a cure for glaucoma.”
The successful proposals were independently peer-reviewed. Topics of the eight research proposals receiving this year's grants of $7,500 to $12,500 include:
- Understanding Glaucoma in Menopausal Women
- Using Digital Images to Screen for Glaucoma
- Assessing the Two Most Common Glaucoma Drainage Implants
- Studying New Anti-Glaucoma Medications on People of Different Ethnicities
- Studying the Effect of Inhaling Large Amounts of Carbon Dioxide on Blood Flow in the Eye
- Understanding the Environment in which Optic Nerve Cells Survive and Die
- Exploring Protein Abnormalities in Glaucoma
- Developing a "Flicker" Visual Field to Detect Early Glaucoma and Monitor Vision Changes as the Disease Progresses
Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of preventable blindness in the world. According to Statistics Canada, more than 325,000 Canadians have glaucoma. The Glaucoma Research Society of Canada is the only Canadian charity solely dedicated to funding glaucoma research. Since 1989, it has raised more than one and a half million dollars and supported more than 80 research projects.
