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Bursary Award Winners 2015

The winners of the 2015 research bursaries were selected recently.

Junior Research Grant:

1)  Zaid Mammo (University of British Columbia)
– Evaluating the effects of retinopathy of prematurity on perifoveal circulation using non-invasive angiography
2)  Salima Hassanaly (Universite de Montreal)
– Ocular phenotype of subjects with a loss of function proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type 9 variant

Senior Research Grant:

1)  Flavio Rezende (Universite de Montreal)
– Intraocular concentrations of Semaphorin 3A in patients with diabetic macular edema treated with anti-VEGF
2)  Shelley Spurr (University of Saskatchewan)
– Caring For Kids Where They Live: Using Technology to Prevent Vision Loss in Northern Aboriginal Youth

Retina Canada Speakers’ Program: Dr. Wong

Retina Foundation of Canada is inviting you to the following program: (see invitation as PDF)

Can a Retinal Examination Provide Clues to a Person’s Risk of Stroke?

Learning objectives:

  • To provide an update on recent studies on the epidemiology of retinal microvascular signs
  • To discuss the relationship of retinal microvascular signs with risk of stroke, stroke subtypes and other cerebrovascular diseases
  • To discuss the potential application of retinal imaging for clinical prediction of stroke

Special guest:

Provost Chair Professor, National University of Singapore;
Vice-Dean, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School;
Group Director, Research, Singapore Health Services;
Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Singapore National Eye Centre;
Senior Principal Clinician-Scientist, Singapore
Professor Tien Y. Wong

Eye Research Institute

Date: Wednesday, May 21st

Agenda:

  • 6:30 – 7:00: Reception
  • 7:00 – 8:30: Conference and dinner

Where : Le Pois Penché Restaurant 1230, boul. De Maisonneuve O., Montreal
Please confirm your presence with Claudia Lachapelle at 514-237-8485
or claudia.lachapelle@novartis.com

In compliance with the Rx&D Code of Conduct, this invitation is extended to health care
This program is supported in part by an educational grant from Novartis Canada Inc. 
Professionals only.

Fellowship & Grant Winners 2013

Winners of the Junior Investigator, Clinical Retina Research Grant ($5000 each):

  • Dr. Jonathan Micieli, University of Toronto
    • Project: Trends in Retina Subspecialization in Canada
  • Dr. Anastasia Neufeld, Dalhousie University
    • Project: Analysis of Macular Pigment Density in Patients with Asymmetric Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Congratulations to our 2012 Clinical Research Grant Winners

The Retina Foundation of Canada is pleased to announce the winners of its Clinical Research Grant.

Dr. Flavio Rezende
Universite de Montreal
“Vitreous Lipidomics in Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration”
Dr. Elvis Ojaimi
University of Toronto
“Ranibizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema:  Determinants for Treatment Response”
Each receives a grant of $5000 to help them further research in the field of retina disease.