Harnessing the power of AI for eye disease screening in primary care
Dr Stuart Keel, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria Up to 500,000 adults in Australia have vision...
Blocking the genes that cause blindness
Dr Fred Chen, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Lions Eye Institute), The University of Western Australia Retinitis pigmentosa (RP)...
Targeting inflammation to prevent age-related macular degeneration
Dr Nilisha Fernando, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)...
Glaucoma gene therapy: protecting cells to prevent vision loss
Dr Mark Hassall, Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision Research School of Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia Glaucoma is...
Developing a sight-saving drug for retinal detachment
Dr WengOnn Chan, Ophthalmic Research Laboratories, Ophthalmology Network, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, South Australia Retinal detachment is a...
How does ultraviolet light from the sun damage the eye?
Prof Stephanie Watson, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW This study will investigate the cellular mechanisms for ultraviolet...
Gaining a better understanding of optic nerve damage in MS and neuromyolitis optica (NMO)
Dr Yuyi You, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are autoimmune...
Steps towards gene therapy for diabetic retinopathy
Dr Guei-Sheung Liu, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Tasmania Diabetic retinopathy is a frequent complication of diabetes...
Revolutionising treatment of Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy: Can corneal transplant be avoided?
Dr Elaine Chong, Dr Elsie Chan & Dr Gregory Moloney, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear...
Decoding the genetic risk for giant cell arteritis
Prof Alex Hewitt, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne, Victoria Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease causing headaches,...
Harnessing the power of light to prevent blindness
Prof Robert Casson, University of Adelaide, South Australia Photobiomodulation (PBM) uses light from a laser in the far- red to...
Finding new molecular targets to prevent glaucoma
Dr Vivek Gupta, Prof Stuart Graham & Dr Mehdi Mirzaei, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW...
Understanding vision loss caused by the dengue virus
Prof Justine Smith, Flinders University, South Australia Worldwide, deaths due to dengue virus infection have increased by around 50% between...