Young adult myopia: genetic and environmental associations

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1121979

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Myopia affects 80% of school leavers in the cities of East Asia, 45% of Asian Australian school leavers and is probably on the rise in European Australian adolescents. Increased levels of education and lack of time outdoors are known to increase the risk of myopia. We will examine 2,000 young adults to find the genes that interact with these risk factors. In addition to confirming when these risk factors are most important, identifying molecular pathways opens the avenue of new treatments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $809,271.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

environmental risk factors | eye disease | genetic influences | myopia | vision loss

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