Molecular Profiling To Identify Therapeutic Targets For Blinding Diseases.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$467,961.00
Summary
Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying blinding diseases will allow for the development of new therapies. As an ophthalmologist with sub-specialty training in genetic eye diseases, this fellowship will enhance the synergy between my current research and clinical practice. During this fellowship I will lead research to uncover further genetic associations for eye disease, as well as interrogate patient-specific cell lines to elucidate specific signatures of disease development.
HIV infection continues to be a global problem, an effective vaccine is critical to halting its spread. For those infected there is no cure. They require life-long, expensive therapy. The proposed research looks to provide insights that will contribute to the development of an effective vaccine and to clearing the virus from infected patients by using cutting edge laboratory techniques to study patients in populations that are pathogenically informative.