Grants

This page will include a list of active grants at the Eastern Campus along with the associated faculty member(s) for each grant. Listed below are sample grants from the Department of Ophthalmology.

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