Recipient of the 2022 Eversight Grant - Simon Kaja, PhD

Congratuations to Simon Kaja, PhD, for his research grant proposal entitled Polycystin-2: A novel target against reactive astrocytosis accepted for funding by the Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research. The proposed work was awarded a total of $15,000.

Congratulations to Evan Stubbs Jr., PhD, Michael Zilliox, PhD, and Meenakshi Chaku, MD, for their research grant proposal entitled Multiethnic Transcriptomic Analysis of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma accepted for funding by the Hines VA’s Serwa Research Center on Aging. The proposed work was awarded a total of $50,000.

Congratulations to Bruce Gaynes, OD, PharmD, as Co-PI for the research grant proposal entitled Looking at the bright side: Advancing our understanding of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in Parkinson’s disease accepted for funding by the Hines VA’s Serwa Research Center on Aging. The proposed work was awarded a total of $50,000.