Our Researchers
The Glaucoma Research Society of Canada has supported numerous Canadian university-based researchers who have gained international respect and reputations in advancing research into glaucoma and who have published articles in distinguished peer-reviewed journals.
Researchers Michael Duong and Dr. Alexander Ball
present the results of GRSC research at 2009 ARVO meeting in May.
Our researchers include:
Balwantray C. Chauhan PhD is on the forefront of global efforts to find ways of identifying glaucoma in its earliest stages
Ross Ethier PhD, P Eng, a biomedical engineer, uses state-of-the-art modeling and optical techniques to better understand how the optic nerve in the glaucomatous eye gets damaged, and studies factors causing elevated intraocular pressure in glaucoma
John Flanagan PhD holds three research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the premier federal health research funding agency in Canada
Mark Lesk MSc, MD is a leading Canadian researcher into the effects on glaucoma of blood flow to the eye
Michael Walter PhD is leading a team of geneticists and biochemists at the University of Alberta seeking to understand the molecular causes of inherited glaucoma and developmental defects of the eye
Yeni Yücel MD, PhD, a neuropathologist, is a leading multidisciplinary researcher into the effects of glaucoma on the brain.
Read about some of the researchers who currently received grants from the Glaucoma Research Society
- Alexander K. Ball
- Yvonne Buys
- Neeru Gupta
- Chris Hudson
- Melanie Kelly
- Dimitrios Kourkoutas
- Ian McIlraith
- Lesya Shuba
- Xu Wang
- Yeni Yücel
Research Grant Applications
Researchers into glaucoma from across Canada apply annually for funding. Independent peers review the applications under the guidance of the Scientific Advisory Committee of renowned ophthalmologists and scientists from across the country. The Committee makes funding recommendations to the Society’s Board of Directors.