RRF Programs In Research

Research Initiatives
$145,000 in 2008

In addition to funding research projects and grants, RRF has endowed the following estate gifts to honor major donors, with earnings applied to translational research and education, to bring laboratory knowledge to the clinical level.

Collaborating Organization	Award
Pan American Association of Ophthalmology	Gillingham Fellowships
American Academy of Ophthalmology	Educational Trust Fund
Association for Vision And Ophthalmology	Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Grants
Pan American Association of Ophthalmology	Kayser Scholars
Tyson Clinical Research Initiative	Travel Awards
RRF Special Recognition Awards	RRF Grantee Awards

Gillingham/Pan American Fellowships

Established by W.J. Gillingham, this program is administered for RRF by the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO). Two six-month fellowships, providing stipends of $10,000 each, are awarded each year to Latin American ophthalmologists for training at leading institutions in the U.S. and Canada.

Awards
Name
Rosa Balcells- Gonzalez Santiago Chile
Angela Sanchez-Castellanos Bogota Columbia

American Academy of Ophthalmology Educational Trust Fund

Educational programs administered for RRF by the American Academy of Ophthalmology are funded by endowed estate gifts of Laura I. Cannon and Burt L. Risley, respectively. This program will upgrade clinical research skills in the field of retina.
 

RRF/Lawrence Travel Scholarships

Sponsored by RRF, this program is administered by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and is made possible by the Joe M. and Eula C. Lawrence estate. This program provides $20,000 funded travel awards for 20 young investigators so that they can present papers at the ARVO annual meeting.
 

Awards
Takayuki Baba		Johns Hopkins University
Chris Banna		University of California
Yang Bian		University of Louisville
Posano Bojang		University of Louisville
Jorgelina Calandria		LSU Health Sciences Center
Donny Chang		Veterans Admin, Boston HealthCare System
Shuyl Chen		Stowers Institute
Allen Chiang		Jules Stein Institute, UCLA
Francis DeCroos		Duke Eye Center
Jason Edmonds		Missouri School of Medicine, Doheny Eye Institute
Yang Hu		OUHSC
Caihui Jiang		Schepens Eye Research Institute
Osamu Masuda		University of Rochester
Mahesh Nagaraju		University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Anil Neelakantan		University of Buffalo
Heather Pelzel		University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prajitha Thampi		University of Texas Medical Branch
Michael Tsipursky		Northwestern University
Shanti Tummala		Illinois institute of Technology
Shinji Ueno		Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gui-Shuang Ying		Sheie Eye Institute
Bin Zhang		University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Paul Kayser International Scholar Program

RRF established this program in memory of Paul Kayser to create opportunities for U.S. ophthalmologists to observe clinical research in Latin America and Canada.
 

Awards
Name
Richard Awdeh MD Durham, NC
Ginger Henson Rattan MD Miami, FL
Srinivas S. Iyengar MD Kansas City, MO
Szilard Kiss MD Boston, MA
Ilya Rozenbaum MD New York, NY
Sara Tullis Wester MD Key Biscayne, FL

Tyson Clinical Research Initiative

The estate gift of Nell Sue Tyson has created earnings to fund clinical research trials in Latin America. This program was begun in 1999 and will continue.
 

Awards

Name

Mónica Astrid Fallon Niño, M.D. (Spain)

Vanesa Krochik, M.D. (Argentina)

Maria Ana Martinez Castellanos, M.D. (Mexico)

David Rivera De La Parra, M.D. (Mexico)

Teixeira Inoto, M.D. (Brazil)

RRF Grantee Awards

Each year, RRF gives honoraria to three of its most outstanding grantees for their milestone accomplishments. These awards are named in honor of the families who fund them:

	Samuel and Bertha Brochstein Award - Louise Strong, M.D.
	James M. Barr Award for the Outstanding Research in the Greater Houston Area - Curtis Brandt, Ph.D.