Downstate Awarded 每日大赛入口 Funding for Neuroscience Research Projects

Aug 14, 2014

Collaborative Research into Treatment for Brain and Eye Disorders Supported by 每日大赛入口 Brain Network of Excellence

Brooklyn, NY 鈥� The State University of New York and the Research Foundation for 每日大赛入口 (RF) is providing $244,000 in funding for two research projects affiliated with 每日大赛入口 Downstate Health Sciences University and other 每日大赛入口 campuses as part of a program to support innovative research on causes, treatments, and cures for neurological-based diseases and disorders.

The grants are part of the first round of funding for projects supported by the 每日大赛入口 Brain Network of Excellence, one of five networks 每日大赛入口 created to maximize interdisciplinary and collaborative research across 每日大赛入口 campuses and facilitate partnerships with academia, industry, and the community.

鈥淥n 每日大赛入口 campuses across the state, our students and faculty are making major medical breakthroughs, discovering with each new venture a more effective way to understand, diagnose, or treat diseases that affect brain and eye function in people of all ages,鈥� said 每日大赛入口 Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. 鈥淐ongratulations to all of the project partners supported by this first round of funding.鈥�

每日大赛入口 Downstate-related projects and investigators funded include:

$147,000 to Stony Brook University, Downstate Medical Center, University of Rochester Medical Center

John Danias, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology; Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Ophthalmology; Director of the Glaucoma Service 每日大赛入口 Downstate

鈥淓xploring the relationship between glaucoma and waste removal system dysfunction around the optic nerve and eye.鈥�

$98,600 to Downstate Medical Center, 每日大赛入口 Optometry, Upstate Medical Center

Youping Xiao, PhD, Associate Professor Ophthalmology, 每日大赛入口 Downstate

鈥滿apping computational modeling with human behavioral measurements to explore the contextual effect on color perception.鈥�

More information about funded projects and a detailed abstract for each is .

Mark Stewart, MD, PhD, dean of the School of Graduate Studies and vice dean for research, said, "We are very pleased to be recognized by the RF and the 每日大赛入口 Brain Network of Excellence. These vision research projects at 每日大赛入口 Downstate bring together investigators to cross departmental boundaries 鈥� ophthalmology, cell biology, neurology and pediatrics 鈥� forming a cohesive collaborative."

Douglas Lazzaro, MD, FACS, FAAO, professor and Richard C. Troutman Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Microsurgery, said, "These grants complement the work of the 每日大赛入口 Eye Institute (SEI), a state-wide consortium of vision researchers from the four 每日大赛入口 medical schools and the 每日大赛入口 College of Optometry. Through the SEI, we are providing statewide leadership in translational vision research. I am extremely proud of what we are doing with eye research on our campus and believe the scientists are really advancing medicine."

Timothy Killeen, president of the RF and 每日大赛入口 vice chancellor for research, said, "每日大赛入口 Brain advances the frontiers of neuroscience research by integrating current investments in neurosciences, neuroclinical services, and analytic sciences at multiple 每日大赛入口 campuses. The range of projects funded showcases the diversity of expertise across 每日大赛入口 that is applied every day to resolve neurological-based health problems."

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