Glaucoma

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are investigating promising new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat glaucoma. This page includes selected news stories about our glaucoma research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources.

Research News


$870,000 to help develop stem cell treatments for septic shock, glaucoma, lung injury and muscle degeneration $870,000 to help develop stem cell treatments for septic shock, glaucoma, lung injury and muscle degeneration
May 9, 2018 - Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital, CHEO and the University of Ottawa are bringing discoveries made in the lab closer to human trials and therapies, thanks to five new peer-reviewed research grants from the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medi


Researchers


Name Scientific appointment Diseases, conditions and populations of interest Research and clinical approaches
Mattar, Pierre
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Regenerative Medicine) 		Autism, Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Glaucoma, Intellectual disabilities, Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision Basic research, Bioinformatics, Cell therapy, Epigenetics, Gene expression, Genetics, Genomics, Model organisms, Molecular and cellular biology, Proteomics, Regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Systems biology, Transgenic/knockout models
Thavorn, Kednapa
BPharm, MPharm, PhD
Senior Scientist
(Methodological and Implementation Research) 		Cancer, COVID-19, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disease, Glaucoma, Global health, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Health in older peoples, HIV, Immigrant and refugee health, Population health, Septic shock, Stroke, Thrombosis / thromboembolism, Vision Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health economics, Health research methods, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, Public health, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Tsilfidis, Catherine
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience) 		Vision, Retinal disease, Glaucoma Molecular and cellular biology, Disease models
Abtahi, Maryam
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Glaucoma, Vision
Buhrmann, Ralf
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Glaucoma, Vision
Miller, Garfield
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Glaucoma, Vision
Podury, Soumya
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Glaucoma, Vision
Sim, Mark Yan-Wei
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Glaucoma, Vision


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