Funded Projects
CNIB is pleased to announce the 2010 awards for the CNIB Baker Grants and Fellowships Programs and would like to congratulate all recipients.
Fellowships
Letartre Laurence
University Name: Université Laval
Area of Study: Medical Retina
Accepted for Fellowship by: Ivey Eye Institute Retina Service, University of Western Ontario
Sonia Niki Yeung
University Name: University of British Columbia
Area of Study: Cornea
Accepted for Fellowship by: University of Toronto
Clara Carwei Chan
University Name: University of Toronto
Area of Study: Cornea and External Diseases
Accepted for Fellowship by: University of Cincinnati Medical Centre
Jean Yin Chuo
University Name: University of British Columbia
Area of Study: Neuro-ophthalmology
Accepted for Fellowship by: University of British Columbia
Garfield Miller (Pfizer)
University Name: University of Toronto
Area of Study: Glaucoma
Accepted for Fellowship by: University of Toronto
Barbara Tuck MacPhee
Cindy Hutnik
University Name: University of Western Ontario
Title of the project: Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: the Relationship between Oxidative Stress and Connexin43 in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Applied Research
Helene Kergoat
University Name; University of Montreal
Title of the project: Survey on eye care delivery in long-term care facilities in the province of Quebec
New Researcher
Przemyslaw Mike Sapieha
University Name: University of Montreal
Title of the project: Retinal Ganglion Neurons Contribute to Vascular Degeneration and Misdirected Vessel Growth in Proliferative Ischemic Retinopathies; Pathological Contribution of Semaphorin3A.
Mahyar Etminan
University Name: University of British Columbia
Title of the project: Prescription drug use and risk of glaucoma and cataracts: a pharmacoepidemiologic study
Jennifer K. Steeves
University Name: York University
Title of the project: Sensory plasticity and adaptation to monocular blindness