The ASCRS Foundation has named its third class of ten research grant winners. With the announcement of the 2007 winners, the foundation has now awarded over $150,000 in research grants. The grant program consists of nine $5,000 awards and a single $10,000 award. The larger award is co-sponsored with the Fight for Sight Foundation. Winners are chosen through a competitive application process.
The 2007 ASCRS Foundation grant recipients and their studies are:
- Christopher C. Teng, MD, New York, NY - Effect of Subconjunctival Injection of Bevacizumab on Pterygiums
- J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD, Cleveland, OH - A Novel Accommodative Lens
- Craig E. Geist, MD, Washington, DC - The Effects of Virtual Reality Training on Surgical Skill
- Tueng T. Shen, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA - Modified Carrier Corneal Tissue for the Boston-K-Pro
- Surendra Basti, MD, Chicago, IL - An Ex-Vivo Study to Evaluate Endothelial Cell Loss during Different Steps of the Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) Procedure
- Pawan Prasher, MD, Dallas, TX - Evaluation of Factors Affecting Visual Outcome in Combined Phaco-DSEK Procedure
- J. Bradley Randleman, MD, Atlanta, GA - Analysis of Quantitative Corneal Stromal Tensile Strength
- Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, Pondicherry, India - Safety and Efficacy of Phacoemulsification Compared with Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery in Eyes with White Cataract by a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
- Renee Solomon, MD, New York, NY - A Prospective Longitudinal Investigation of the Safety and Efficacy of Intracameral Triamcinolone Acetonide as Treatment for Endothelial Graft Rejection after Penetrating Keratoplasty
- Ilya Rozenbaum, MD, New York, NY - Quantitative Assessment of the Anterior Chamber Angle Closure Changes after Cataract Extraction with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
