Eastern Campus

Grants

This page will include a list of active grants at the Eastern Campus along with the associated faculty member(s) for each grant.

Wen Tao Deng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Additional Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Disease mechanisms of cone opsin mutants and treatment strategies
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute
Duration: 8/1/2021 - 7/31/2024
Total Award Amount: $1,472,492

Intravitreal AAV Gene Therapy for Blue Cone Monochromacy: test of capsids and cone promoters on animal models and proof of concept study
BCM Families Foundation
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 11/02/2024
Total Award Amount: $130,888

Jianhai Du, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Additional Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Proline metabolism in retinal health
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute
Duration: 6/1/2021 - 3/31/2026
Total Award Amount: $1,900,000

Mitochondrial Pyruvate Transport in Retinal Health and Disease
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute
Duration: 1/1/2021 - 11/30/2024
Total Award Amount: $1,980,105

Regulators of retinal metabolism in healthy and degenerating retinas
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute – Subaward University of Pittsburgh
Duration: 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
Total Award Amount: $32,640

Mitochondrial Defects in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and the CFH Risk Allele for Age-related Macular Degeneration
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute – Subaward Doheny Eye Institute
Duration: 9/30/2022 – 6/30/2024
Total Award Amount: $151,307

Metabolic dysfunction from ECM remodeling in diseases of human RPE
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute - University of Washington
Duration: 9/01/2022 – 6/30/2027
Total Award Amount: $195,140

Deciphering the Mechanisms Associated with High-risk AMD genotypes for ARMS2/HTRA1 and Complement Factor H
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute – Subaward Doheny Eye Institute
Duration: 9/30/2022 – 8/31/2025
Total Award Amount: $182,400

Nutritional Strategies in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
International Retinal Research Foundation
Duration:  1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023
Total Award Amount: $43,000

AMD iPSC-derived
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute - University of Washington
Duration: 9/30/2022 – 8/31/2025
Total Award Amount: $155,122

Pathogenesis and motor neuron degeneration of a novel disease associated with a P158A mutation in NAMPT
US DHHS-NIH-National Eye Institute - Subaward University of Missouri
Duration: 4/1/2022 – 3/31/2027
Total Award Amount: $93,630