We’d like to note two substantial new research grants recently received by McPherson ERI member PIs. Congratulations to Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD, who was recently awarded a five-year K08 Career Development Award from NIH/NEI in …
Year: 2021
9th Annual McPherson Endowed Lecture (2021)
9th Annual McPherson Endowed Lecture December 9th, 2021; Virtual Guest Speaker: Kapil Bharti, PhD (Senior Investigator, Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section; Adjunct Group Leader, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Eye Institute, …
Finding Clarity: Fellowship supports Ben Sajdak’s career path
For some people, career paths are well-defined tracks laid out early on. Ben Sajdak But for Ben Sajdak, who completed his Morgridge Postdoctoral Fellowship in September, a career path wasn’t initially apparent. However, two important …
Fall 2021 Seminar Series
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 , 2021 Ralph W. Nelson (2020 Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grant Recipient; Mason Lab, Kinesiology, UW–Madison) The effects of dual‐task interference and visual attention in autistic and non‐ autistic youth Yin Li …
Expanding Our Vision 2021 Award Recipient Announced
Congratulations to McPherson ERI member Dr. Yuhang Zhao (Dept. of Computer Science), who will be collaborating with Dr. Bilge Mutlu (Dept. of Computer Science) and Dr. Sanbrita Mondal (Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences), here …
The Fundus Photograph Reading Center renamed The Wisconsin Reading Center
The Fundus Photograph Reading Center renamed The Wisconsin Reading Center The Fundus Photograph Reading Center, which was initially established by Dr. Matthew Davis in 1970 to independently analyze–or “read”–photographs from participants in the first clinical …
Yao Liu, MD, awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant for Advancing I-Site in African-American Communities project
Gamm, Gong, and Ma Labs Develop Micro-molded “Ice Cube Tray” Scaffold for Photoreceptor Replacement
David Gamm (Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director, McPherson ERI) is collaborating with colleagues Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, a professor of biomedical engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery faculty member and an …
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants 2021 Announced
The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants. Allison Ludwig, Kushin Mukherjee, Aindrila Saha, and Kara Vogel will each receive …
Recipients of the David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative Announced
The McPherson ERI is pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative awards. Two one-year grants of $12,000, financed by the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Endowment …