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Our Mission: To Fund New Ideas at Their Inception

The Society’s independently judged, peer-reviewed research grants are highly valued by researchers and considered important and prestigious within the scientific community.

The Society has funded research projects by most of Canada’s top glaucoma researchers – doctors and scientists interested in finding new treatments and in preventing blindness from glaucoma. These highly respected researchers are recognized across Canada and internationally.

Their research includes:

• seeking to protect good nerve cells in the eye and repair damaged ones
• searching for genes related to glaucoma
• improving blood flow to the eye, and
• making glaucoma surgery easier for the patient.

Glaucoma Research Society of Canada grants $227,557.00 to 13 Research Projects in 2025:

• Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON  – Novel Targeted Strategy for Enhanced Wound Modulation of Bleb-Forming Glaucoma Surgery, Dr. Cindy Hutnik, Dr. John F. Trant, Dr. Lisa Porter
• Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS – Evaluation of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Visual Field Testing Using a Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Device for Patients with Early, Moderate, and Severe Glaucoma, Reann Post, Dr. Brennan Eadie
• The Governing Council of The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON – A Novel Approach to Promote Regeneration of the Optic Nerve, Liliana Attisano, Dr. Philippe Monnier
• University Health Network, Toronto, ON – Biometric Predictors for Laser Peripheral Iridotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Andrew Mihalache, Patrick Ji, Dr. Michael Balas, Dr. David Mathew
• Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS – Comparison of Impact of Diabetic Macular Edema on the Neuroretinal Rim and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Glaucoma, Sung Uk Baik, Dr. Balwantray Chauhan
• Prism Eye Institute Inc., Brampton, ON – Glaucoma Medication Adherence and Persistence Rates in Ontario (Renewal), Matthew Schlenker, Dr. Ellen Tianwei Zhou
• Prism Eye Institute Inc., Brampton, ON – Predicting Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma Using Machine Learning, Shayaan Kaleem, Dr. Matthew Schlenker
• Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS – Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of PreserFlo MicroShunt Alone versus with Amniotic Membrane in Glaucoma Surgery, Lesya Shuba, Gurkaran Sarohia, Dr. Marcelo Nicolela, Dr. Brennan Eadie, Devin Betsch
• The Governing Council of The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON – Age at First Glaucoma Diagnosis and Medication Use in Canada: Findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, Dr. Yaping Jin, Dr. Dr. Yvonne Buys, Dr. Ziad Butty
• Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON – Health Education vs Meditation in Irreversible Age-Related Vision Loss Patients and Their Caregivers: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (Renewal), Monali Malvankar, Dr. Cindy M. Hutnik
• University Health Network, Toronto, ON – Quantifying Ocular Surface Disease with Preserved vs. Preservative-Free Prostaglandin Analogue Drops, Xiang (Patrick) Ji, Xiaole Li, Andrew Mihalache, Dr. Michael Balas, Dr. David Mathew
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC – Mast Cells as immune Activators in Glaucoma. Dr. Neeru Gupta, Dr. Yeni Yucel
• Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON – Impact of Breathing Exercises and Meditation on Improving Quality of Life in Glaucoma Patients: An Electronic Feasibility Study (Renewal), Monali Malvankar, Dr. Cindy M. Hutnik

Funds Raised Goes to Researchers Throughout Canada

The Glaucoma Research Society of Canada is the only Canadian non-profit organization solely dedicated to funding glaucoma research. Since 1989, it has raised more than five million dollars in support of 247 research projects. The Society funds 10 to 15% of all independent glaucoma research in Canada.

Sound governance, a volunteer board, and low administration costs ensure that as much funds raised by the Society go directly to Canadian researchers.

Registered charity information returns including detailed financial information are available online at the federal government’s Charities Directorate (part of the Canada Revenue Agency). The Society’s Charitable Donation Registration Number is 88917 8695 RR0001.

Click here for Glaucoma Research Society of Canada’s 2024 Financial Statement