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DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
One of the highlights of our research year is our Department Research Day. This year we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Dr. Emily Chew, renowned NIH researcher in diabetic eye disease and age- related eye diseases.
GRANTS
Dr Emily Y Chew MD
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
Deputy Clinical Director
National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health
Physician Services Incorporated Resident Research Grant: Smartphone-based versus conventional ophthalmoscope: a randomized crossover educational trial
($7,000)
Drs Mark Xu (PGY-5) and Dr Stephanie Baxter
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Economic Burden of Low Vision Population in Ontario ($15000)
Dr Mark Bona
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Nutrition for the management of systemic in ammation ($11,000)
Dr Sanjay Sharma
AWARDS
Dr Jacob Rullo:
Dr Mark Xu:
Clinician Scientist Emerging Leaders Award. Foundation Fighting Blindness COS Award of Excellence 2019: First place, paper submission
Trainee Award for Scienti c Merit: 22nd Annual Vitamin D Workshop, NY, USA Queen’s Ophthalmology Resident Research Award (1st place—tie), 2018 Queen’s Ophthalmology Resident Research Award (1st place—tie), 2018
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