2011 Recipients

Brigham & Women’s Hospital
$25,000 to Support Sule Cataltepe, MD’s study, Diabetic Retinopathy & Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4

Retina Foundation of the Southwest
$25,000 to Support Yi-Zhong Wang, PhD’s study, Development and Evaluation of a New Handheld System for Remote Visual Function Monitoring of Diabetic Retinopathy

Talking Information Center
$6,000 to Underwrite the weekly educational program, "Diabetes Medical Update" for one year

The University of Texas Medical Branch
$50,000 to Support Bernard Godley’s MD, PhD’s, research, Photokenetic Ocular Drug Delivery.

2010 Recipients

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
$35,000 to Alexander Ljubimov, PhD’s continued study, New Model for Diabetic Circulating Stem Cell Involvement in Pathological Retinal Neovascularization

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
$50,000 Grant to Support Ronald Tilton, PhD’s research, Interconnecting Pathways of VEGF Signaling in Diabetic Kidney and Retina

New England College of Optometry
$20,000 Grant to Steven Koevary, PhD’s continued research, Efficacy of Insulin Eye Drop Treatment of the Prevention of Diabetic Retinopathy

Schepens Eye Research Institute
$50,000 Grant to Support Magdalena Staniszewska, PhD’s Study, Investigation of the Angiogenic Program

Schepens Eye Research Institute
$34,153 to Support Mara Lorenzi, MD’s Study, Pilot Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Diabetic Retinopathy

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
$15,000 Support Michael Dyer, PhD’s continued Retinoblastoma study

Talking Information Center
$6,000 Grant to Underwrite the weekly educational program, Diabetes Medical Update for one year

Western University of Health Sciences
$40,000 grant to Support Raj Kandpal, PhD’s research, High-Throughput Sequencing for Diabetic Retinopathy-Specific Transcripts and Micro RNAs