Our 4 core faculty members have secured more than 6 million research funding from federal and private agencies including National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Research To Prevent Blindness, BrightFocus Foundation, Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation, Genentech, and Harvard Medical School.
Below are recent representative research grants from federal agencies:
- Developing Equitable Deep Learning Models for Automated Glaucoma Screening (NIH R01, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Enhancing Glaucoma Risk Prediction through Advanced Genomics and Machine Learning (NIH R01, PI: Dr. Nazlee Zebardast)
- Personalizing Glaucoma Diagnosis by Disease Specific Patterns and Individual Eye Anatomy (NIH R01, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Relationship between Glaucoma and the Three-Dimensional Optic Nerve Head Related Structure (NIH K99/R00, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Glaucoma Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning Integration of Image-Based Phenotypes and Genetic Associations (NIH K23, PI: Dr. Nazlee Zebardast)
- Associating Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness with Glucose Metabolism and Diabetic Retinopathy (NIH R21, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Framework for Glaucoma Monitoring (NIH R21, Multiple PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Personalizing Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Norms for Glaucoma (NIH R21, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Sociodemographic Predictors of Healthcare Utilization and Adverse Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries with Glaucoma (NIH R21, PI: Dr. Nazlee Zebardast)
- STTR Phase I: A Pair of Linked Cartographic Maps of our Brain Derived from Clinical Glaucoma Data (NSF STTR, Site PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Statistical Unsupervised Learning VF for IIHTT & ONTT (NIH R21, Site-PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Core Grant for Vision Research-Laboratory Computer Applications Module (LCAM) (NIH P30, Module-PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Impact of Peripheral Islands in the Visual Field on Functional Ability in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (NIH R21, Co-Investigator: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Understanding the clinical impact of cumulative genetic risk to glaucoma (NIH, Co-Investigator: Dr. Tobias Elze)
Here are recent representative research grants from private agencies:
- External Eye Photos for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection with Equity-Aware Deep Learning (MIT-MGB AI Cures Grant, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Computational Investigation of Glaucoma Progression (BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Statistical Pattern Based Progression Detection in Glaucoma (Alcon Young Investigator Grant Award, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Clinical Features and Genetic Risk Factors Associated with Machine-Learning-Derived Image-Based Glaucoma Subtypes (Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award, PI: Dr. Nazlee Zebardast)
- Diagnosing Glaucoma in the Presence of Myopia (Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Improving Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Norms and Its Clinical Utility Based on Individual Retinal Anatomy (Research to Prevent Blindness International Research Collaborators Award, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Developing Deep Learning Models to Predict Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Progression (Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Retinal Biomarkers for Cognitive Performance (Harvard Medical School Alice Adler Fellowship, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- A Novel Staging System for Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration (Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Association Between Retinal Structure and Age-Related Impairments (Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- Diagnostic Utilities of Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Scans in Glaucoma (Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant, PI: Dr. Mengyu Wang)
- Optimal Patient Recruitment Algorithms for Glaucoma Clinical Trials (Genentech, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)
- SERI Scholar Award (Schepens Eye Research Institute, PI: Dr. Tobias Elze)