Year: 2021

Bassam Shakhashiri, PhD, retires from UW-Madison, as reported by UW News and the Wisconsin State Journal

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 at UW–Madison. Their project, Designing Augmented Reality Systems to Facilitate Safe Cooking for People with Low Vision, will utilize augmented …

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 trials of diabetic retinopathy, has a new name–the Wisconsin Reading Center. The Wisconsin Reading Center analyzes retinal images in an …

Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD, on systemic racism and unconscious bias in the medical workplace, from JAHA

Skala Lab publishes study on new imaging method for stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells

Yao Liu, MD, awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant for Advancing I-Site in African-American Communities project

William Murphy project funded through new Promoting Industry Collaboration Initiative

Natascha Merten receives Postdoc Excellence Award from UW-Madison Postdoctoral Association

Bilge Mutlu and Zongfu Yu receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships; William Murphy receives Kellett Mid-Career Award

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 expert in biomaterials, and Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and an expert in semiconductors whose …