Current funding




RPB/IRRF Catalyst Award for innovative research approaches to AMD
F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland
Astellas Pharma, Inc., Japan
National Eye Institute, NIH
UAB Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
UPMC Immune Transplant and Therapy Center
Department of Ophthalmology, UPMC, start-up funds
Jennifer Salvitti Davis Chair in Ophthalmology Research
UPMC Enterprises
Wiegand Entrepreneurial Award




Previous funding:
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
The National Eye Institute, NIH
The National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH
Bayer Healthcare, Germany,
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Switzerland,
BrightFocus Foundation AMD grant, USA
Research to Prevent Blindness AMD grant, USA
Sybil B. Harrington Special Scholar Award for Macular Degeneration from Research to Prevent Blindness, USA
The Carolyn K. McGillvray Award for Macular Degeneration Research by the BrightFocus Foundation, USA
Knights Templar Eye Foundation, USA
The Johns Hopkins University most promising Assistant Professor award
Wilmer Eye Institute Pooled Professor Fund, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
National Fisheries Institute, USA
Helena Rubinstein Foundation, USA