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William Hauswirth receives 2014 OIS Innovator Award

William Hauswirth, Ph.D. was co-awarded the 2014 OIS Innovator Award in Chicago at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit, a full day pre-meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. He shared the award with Dr. Nick Myzyczka, Ph.D. also from the University of Florida and Susan…

John D. Ash receives a $300,000 grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

John D. Ash was awarded  three year grant titled:  “Using AAV-STAT3 and AAV-PIM-1 vectors to induce broad-spectrum protection of photoreceptors and PRE” from the Foundation Fighting Blindness. This project has the potential to lead to therapeutics to preserve photoreceptors and RPE in a large number of patients of retinal degeneration…

Drs. Christine Kay and Shannon Boye featured in Gainesville Sun

Drs. Christine Kay and Shannon Boye participate in Rare Disease Day at the Founders Gallery at the UF College of Medicine. Joining them are Sarah St. Pierre and her son, Creed who has RPE65- Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Sarah is the founder of ‘Creed’s Cause’, a foundation whose purpose…