Selected Grants
Duke Ophthalmology Mentored Physician Scientist Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Regulation of the retinal ganglion cell repair program by the mitochondrial protein Armcx1
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026Whole Eye Optical Coherence Tomography to Improve Eye Care
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Exploring Neuroprotective Effects of Grape Powder in Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by California Table Grape Commission · 2024 - 2025Outer Retinal Signaling Dysfunction as a Consequence of Impaired Mitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc. · 2020 - 2025A Phase 1/2, Multi-regional, Single-Arm, Open-Label, Dose-Finding Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Gene Therapy for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Associated with ND1 Mutation
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurophth Therapeutics, Inc. · 2024 - 2025Reducing Neuro-Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society · 2023 - 2024In Vivo Modeling of Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency in Retinal Ganglion Cells
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023Portable motion-stabilized optical coherence tomography for eye care in acute care settings
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022A PIVOTAL PHASE II/III, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-MASKED, SHAM-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF QPI-1007 DELIVERED BY MULTI-DOSE INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS TO SUBJECTS WITH ACUTE NON ARTERITIC ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY (NAION) -- QRK 207
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc · 2016 - 2020Ankyrin G in protein sorting between rod plasma membrane and photoreceptor discs
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012Fellowships, Gifts & Other Supported Research
Heed Fellowship ·
July 2016
- June 2017
Awarded by: Heed Ophthalmic Foundation
External Relationships
- Durham VA Medical Center
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