Academic Ophthalmology

Grant Awards

Grants awarded in Academic Opthalmology (2005-2012)
Project Title Year Funding Body £
Programme for donor eye retrieval for transplantation and research 2012 NHSBT £140k
Regulatory support towards a novel standardised biological bandage for enhanced wound healing and tissue engineering 2012 HERMES Fellowship UoN £10k
A novel standardised biological bandage for enhanced wound healing and tissue engineering 2012 HERMES Fellowship UoN £27k
Planned multicentre trial of Combination of Ozurdex and ranibizumab retinal vein occlusion (COMRADE) 2012 Novartis £60k
The health economics of amniotic membrane versus synthetic polymer as a growth substrate for transplantable cells for ocular surface reconstruction 2011 EPSRC (DTC) £90k
A novel tissue-engineered construct of hMSC corneal epithelium for ocular surface reconstruction 2011 EPSRC (DTC) £90k
Unrestricted research grant from for laboratory research in AMD 2011 Novartis £15k
A novel surgical membrane for improved ocular regeneration 2011 East Midlands Biosciences Business Germinator £4k
In vivo validation of freeze-dried amniotic membranes (FDAM) in the management of acute chemical and thermal ocular surface burns for use in a pre-hospital setting 2011 MOD [DSTL] £208k
Development of dedicated media for MET for commercialisation 2011 CellnTec industrial partner, Switzerland £7k
REPAIR Phase 2 Multicentre study of efficacy and safety of ranibizumab in myopic CNV 2010 Novartis £100k
Limbal Stem Cell (LSC) isolation and characterisation for ex vivo transplantation 2010 RCSEdinburgh, UK £50k
The use of wet-preserved versus augmented freeze-dried amniotic membranes in the management of acute chemical and thermal ocular surface burns in a pre-hospital setting 2009 MOD [DSTL] £289k
Case-Crossover Study of PDE5 Inhibitor as factor in AION 2009 Pfizer £45k
Assessment of pathways and genes associated with AMD Genetic Study of AMD, International Collaborator 2009 NIH Grant USA $300k (of $5mil)
Commonwealth PhD secondment exchange programme 2008 Commonwealth £20k
Human mesenchymal stem cells for ocular surface reconstruction 2008 NERC £50k
A novel Spongy layer-derived medicament for ophthalmic and wound healing applications 2008 UoN Knowledge Transfer Initiative £25k
A novel Spongy layer-derived medicament for ophthalmic 2008 Okto Ophtho Industrial $10k
Transdifferentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) into corneal epithelial cells (CEC): Characterisation of gene and protein expression 2008 UoN III Small Grants Scheme £10k
Programme for donor eye retrieval for transplantation and research 2008 UKTransplant Authority £210k
SUSTAIN Phase 3b. Protocol CRFB002A23032006-8 2008 Novartis £140k
Characterisation of the role of microbicidal Ribonucleases (RNases) as novel ocular surface HDPs 2008 RCSEdinburgh, UK £39k
Novel Bio-synthetic Matrix For Ocular Surface Reconstruction 2008 MRC Discipline Hopping £92k
A novel biosynthetic bandage for corneal wound repair 2005 EPSRC £118k

 

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