Sponsored Research
To view by Research Specialty, click below:
Center Core for Vision Research
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Center Core for Vision Research | NIH/NEI | Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD |
Clinician-Scientist Training Grant
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| USC Roski Eye K12 Clinician-Vision Scientist Training Program (USC Roski Eye K12) | NIH/NEI | Mark Humayun, MD, PhD |
Cornea/Ocular Surface
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Role of Cathepsin S in Dry Eye Associated Neuropathic Pain | NIH/NEI | Maria Edman, PhD |
| Protein-polymer Nanomedicine for Sjogren’s Syndrome | NIH/NEI | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD |
| Microtubule-Based Transport in Lacrimal Gland Function | NIH/NEI | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD |
| Enhanced Preservation of Donor Corneas | OneLegacy Foundation | J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD |
| Reversibly Adhesive Hydrogel for Temporary Treatment of Traumatic Open Globe Injury in Austere Environments | DoD | John Whalen, PhD |
Epidemiology
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Intrauterine exposure to tobacco smoke, DNA methylation, and vision disorders in preschool children | NIH/NEI | Xuejuan Jiang, PhD |
| Integrative Analysis of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Maternal Smoking’s Effect on Child’s Eye | Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program | Xuejuan Jiang, PhD |
Glaucoma
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Chemically Reprogrammed Retinal Ganglion Cell Therapy to Treat Glaucomatous Neuropathy | Glaucoma Research Foundation | Biraj Mahato, PhD |
| Development and Validation of Quantitative Anterior Segment OCT-based Methods to Evaluate Patients with Primary Angle Closure Disease | NIH/NEI | Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD |
| Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Newly-Diagnosed Cases of Angle Closure With and Without Glaucoma: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis | American Glaucoma Society | Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD |
| High-resolution Elastographic Assessment of the Optic Nerve Head | NIH/NEI | Qifa Zhou, PhD |
Neuro-Ophthalmology
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| In vivo Application of Electrical Fields Directs Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration | NIH/NEI | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD |
| Wearable Early Intervention Electric Stimulation for Optic Nerve Regeneration | DoD | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD |
| GCR: Reprogramming Biological Neural Networks with Field-Based Engineered Systems | NSF | Gianluca Lazzi, PhD, MBA; Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD; Mark Humayun, MD, PhD |
| Electric Fields Collaborate with Cdc42 to Direct Optic Nerve Regeneration | BrightFocus Foundation | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD |
| Directing Axon Growth with Biphasic Electrical Stimulation | Baxter Foundation | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD |
| Biomechanical mapping of the optic nerve head and peripapillary sclera using high frequency ultrasonic elastography | NIH/NEI | Qifa Zhou, PhD |
Ocular Oncology
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Development of a Surrogate Liquid Biopsy from the Aqueous Humor in Retinoblastoma Eyes | NIH/NCI | Jesse Berry, MD |
| Harnessing the Power of Data to Save Lives: Building the Retinoblastoma Data Commons | Children’s Cancer Research Fund | Jesse Berry, MD |
| Molecular characterization of retinoblastoma in vivo using the aqueous humor liquid biopsy | Children’s Oncology Group | Jesse Berry, MD |
| Sensitive detection of minimal residual intraocular disease by analysis of cell-free DNA tumor fraction in the aqueous humor of eyes with retinoblastoma: a step towards precision medicine | Wright Foundation | Jesse Berry, MD |
| Successive responses to oncogenic aberrations in retinoblastoma genesis | NIH/NCI | David Cobrinik, MD, PhD |
Pediatric
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Validating a machine learning model of eye tracking in children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) | NIH/NCI | Melinda Chang, MD |
| Eye tracking and Teller acuity for visual assessment in children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) | Blind Children’s Center | Jesse Berry, MD |
Retina
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Predictive Medicine Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Gene Correction Program | Knights Templar Eye Foundation | David Cobrinik, MD, PhD; Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD |
| EFRI CEE: Engineered Retinal Epigenomics | NSF | Mark Humayun, MD, PhD |
| PRPE-SF, polarized hESC-derived RPE Soluble Factors, as a Therapy for Early Stage Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration | CIRM | Mark Humayun, MD, PhD |
| Chemically reprogrammed Müller cell derived retinal ganglion cells to study and treat optic nerve hypoplasia | Knights Templar Eye Foundation | Biraj Mahato, PhD |
| Role of non-canonical Wnt signaling in the developing human photoreceptor-bipolar cell synapse | Research to Prevent Blindness | Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD |
| Imaging of Retinal Oxygenation and Metabolism | NIH/NEI | Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD |
| Imaging of Retinal Oxygen Metabolism in Diabetic Retinopathy | NIH/NEI | Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD |
| Two-photon Imaging of Oxygen and Blood Flow in Retinal and Cerebral Vasculature | NIH/NINDS | Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD |
| Restoring Sight to the Blind: Neural Imaging with Retinal Prostheses | NIH/NEI | Noelle Stiles, PhD |
| VRC: A Stem Cell-Based Treatment Strategy for Laser-Induced Permanent Retinal Damages | NIH/NEI | Biju Thomas, PhD |
| Integration and Functionality of Retinal Organoid Transplants | NIH/NEI | Biju Thomas, PhD |
| Single particle analysis of extracellular vesicles in the Aqueous Humor of Retinoblastoma Eyes: Moving towards an Integrated Liquid Biopsy | Knights Templar Eye Foundation | Liya Xu, PhD |
| Non-invasive Ultrasound Stimulated Retinal Prosthesis | NIH/NEI | Qifa Zhou, PhD |
Uveitis
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Health Disparities in the Development, Persistence, and Progression of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation in the United States | NIH/NEI | Brian Toy, MD |
Visual Processing
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Analyses of Retinal Circuits after Rod Rescue in a Mouse Model of Human Blindness | NIH/NEI | Jeannie Chen, PhD (Physiology and Neuroscience) |
| Development and Maintenance of the Human Photoreceptor-Bipolar Cell Synapse | NIH/NEI | Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD |
| Processing and transformation of visual signals in the superior colliculus | NIH/NEI | Huizhong Tao, PhD (Physiology and Neuroscience) |
Other
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Development of a novel tear-based biomarker assay for diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease using RT-QuIC | NIH/NIA | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD |
| The Cost Effectiveness and Value of Treating Combat Ocular Trauma | DoD | Mark Humayun, MD, PhD |
| ENIGMA World Aging Center | NIH/NIA | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| Identifying brain networks to predict treatment resistance and post-surgical outcome: An ENIGMA-Epilepsy initiative | NIH/NINDS | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| ENIGMA Bipolar Initiative: A Global Study of Imaging Genomics & Clinical Outcomes | NIH/NIHMS | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| Redefine Trans-Neuropsychiatric Disorder Brain Patterns through Big-Data and Machine Learning | NIH/NIHMS | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| Ultrascale Machine Learning to Empower Discovery in Alzheimers Disease Biobanks | NIH/NIA | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| ENIGMA Parkinson’s Initiative: A Global Initiative for Parkinson’s Disease | NIH/NINDS | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| ENIGMA-SD: Understanding Sex Differences in Global Mental Health through ENIGMA | NIH/NIHMS | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| FiberNET: Deep learning to evaluate brain tract integrity worldwide and in AD | NIH/NIA | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| Human Newborn Energy Homeostasis Brain Networks And Infant Adiposity | NIH/NIDDK | Paul Thompson, PhD |
| Laboratory of Neuro Imaging Resource (LONIR) | NIH/NIBIB | Paul Thompson, PhD; Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Alzheimer Disease Research Center | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Vascular Contributions to Dementia and Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Health and Aging Brain among Latino Elders (HABLE-AT(N)) Study | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Neurocognitive Aging & Analytics Research Education (NAARE) | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Training for the Multiscale and Multimodal Analysis of Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| The Epilepsy Bioinformatics Study for Antiepileptogenic Therapy (EpiBioS4Rx) | NIH/NINDS | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Data Archive for the Brain Initiative (DABI) | NIH/NIHMS | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Mexican Americans | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project Phenotype Harmonization Consortium | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Effects of physical activity on brain function and network connectivity in MCI | NIH/NIA | Arthur Toga, PhD |
| Large aperture and wideband modular ultrasound arrays for the diagnosis of liver cancer | NIH/NCI | Qifa Zhou, PhD |
| High Resolution Ultrasound in Interventional Radiology | NIH/NCI | Qifa Zhou, PhD |