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Barriers to effective eye care
This MDFA-funded study surveyed both patients and practitioners about the enablers and barriers to effective eye care.
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From the lab to the clinic: A/Prof Fred Chen
MDFA Research Grant recipient A/Prof Fred Chen is working to find treatments and establish clinical pathways for patients with Stargardt disease.
In the lab with A/Prof Wilson Heriot
Is there a link between anti-malarial medication and macular degeneration?
Prof Robyn Guymer: Describing AMD
With funding from MDFA’s Research Grants Program, Prof Robyn Guymer developed a new suite of state-of-the-art techniques to better describe early AMD.
Prof Damien Harkin in the lab
With an MDFA Research Grant, Professor Damien Harkin undertook a novel research project using a protein extracted from silk as a form of scaffold on which to grow new retinal tissue,
Fight Retinal Blindness! Registry
How Professor Mark Gillies’ ever-expanding digital database helps clinicians across the globe.
The Best is yet to come
Case study: A 14-year-old male was referred to CERA with a white-yellow macular lesion and suspicions of an inherited condition.
Wellbeing and AMD
MDFA funded researcher Ms Diana Tang is rolling out the Movement, Interaction and Nutrition for Greater Lifestyles in the Elderly – or MINGLE – program.