2014-15 Winners

Made possible by the generosity of the James Christenson Estate, in partnership with the McPherson Eye Research Institute (MERI), the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (DOVS), and the Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR)

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD

Associate Professor
DOVS, SMPH

General AMD Award: $25,000

Co-Sponsored by MERI and DOVS

Project title:
Repurposing FDA Approved Drugs as Therapeutics for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Professor
DOVS, SMPH

General AMD Award: $25,000

Co-Sponsored by MERI and DOVS

Project title:
Influence of Lifelong Dietary Plant Pigments on their Density in the Macula and Vision Function

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Surgery, SMPH

AMD Metabolism Award: $25,000

Co-Sponsored by MERI, DOVS, and MIR

Project title:
Assessment of the Sigma-1 receptor as a therapeutic target for protection against retinal pigment epithelial cell degeneration