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Published on: 2/1/2007
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Pilot Grant awardees included $40,000 to Ruth Ashery-Padan, PhD, Tel Aviv University, Israel to study the roles of the Pax6 gene in the development of the trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal; $40,000 to Donald J. Brown, PhD, University of California, Irvine to study pressure-induced dynamic 3D changes in lamina cribrosa using second harmonic imaging microscopy; $40,000 to Christopher A. Girkin, MD MSPH, University of Alabama, Birmingham to study the role of the lamina cribrosa in development and progression of glaucoma; $40,000 to Sharon A. Haymes, PhD, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada to study strategies used by glaucoma patients to view real-world scenes; and $40,000 to Brian A. Link, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee to identify genes that promote retinal ganglion cell degeneration in the context of elevated intraocular pressure.