Genes and Environment in Late AMD: Pooling a State and Population Resource

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/571013

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This study will pool cases from the West Australian Macular Degeneration database with the Blue Mountains Eye Study (NSW), to investigate the interplay of genes and environmental factors on risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in particular the late, vision threatening stage. It will provide insights into the underlying causes of AMD, and could allow us to target people with AMD susceptibility genes for preventive approaches, which could reduce the burden of this disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $701,642.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Age-related macular degeneration | Environmental Epidemiology | Genetic epidemiology | Genetic susceptibility | Pathogenesis | Population health | Prevention | Risk factors | Visual impairment | Visual outcomes

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