Translation of genetic findings into improved health outcomes for common eye diseases in our society

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028444

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Associate Professor Paul Baird of the Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne specialises in identifying and understanding how genetic changes are involved in causing the commonest causes of vision loss and blindness in our society including age related macular degeneration, short-sightedness and glaucoma. His Fellowship will be used to better understand how genes and environment cause these diseases, allowing translation of findings intto new and improved treatments for patients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $675,736.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetics not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

ageing | complex genetic disease | disease aetiology | eye disease | genetic analysis | genetic risk factors | glaucoma | macular degeneration | prediction | refractive error

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