Mrinalini Hoon

Associate Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
Understanding the role of ‘ribbons’ for establishing connectivity in the mammalian retina.

Colleen McDowell

Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
A novel mechanism to lower intraocular pressure.

Freya Mowat

Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH; Surgical Sciences, SVM

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
The safety and efficacy of repurposed FDA-approved anti-diabetic Thiazolidinediones delivered intravitreally in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration.

Robert Nickells

Professor and Frederick A. Davis Chair of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
Contralateral astrogliosis after unilateral optic nerve damage.

Raunak Sinha

Associate Professor, Walsh Family Professor in Vision Research
Neuroscience, SMPH

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
Development of photoreceptor and retinal circuit function responsible for sharp 20/20 vision in primates.

Yuhang Zhao

Assistant Professor
Computer Sciences, SDCIS

Award: GAP Award

Project title:
Intent-aware Systems to Enhance Low Vision People’s Visual Perception

Amitha Domalpally & Jeremy Rogers

Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH; Research Director, Wisconsin Reading Center; Director, A-EYE Research Unit (Domalpally)

PI, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH; Director, Wisconsin Advanced Imaging of Visual Systems (Rogers)

Award: Robert A. Brandt AMD GAP Award

Joint project title:
Structure and Function in the Progression of Atrophic AMD: Validation of Photoreceptor Damage observed with OCT Using Adaptive Optics and Microperimetry.