# "Concepts and Breakthroughs in Glaucoma" Conference

> **NIH NIH R13** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $27,060

## Abstract

Summary
This proposal seeks support for students and junior investigators (travel awardees) to attend the 2021 Inter-
national Society for Eye Research (ISER)-BrightFocus Foundation (BFF) glaucoma meeting titled "Concepts
and Breakthroughs in Glaucoma" to be held October 6th-9th, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Emory Conference
Center and Hotel. As was the case for the 2017 and 2019 meetings, our goal is to bring together basic
scientists, clinician-scientists, students and fellows for presentations and in-depth discussions on recent excit-
ing research advances and developments in molecular mechanisms underlying glaucomatous pathology, in
both the conventional outflow tract and the optic nerve head. Additionally, novel technologies developed: (i) to
diagnose and monitor disease progression, (ii) to modify/restore glaucomatous dysfunction, and (iii) to regen-
erate damaged cells/tissues will be presented. We have already recruited 5 thought leaders in glaucoma to
give keynote lectures at the conference. As with the 2017 and 2019 meetings, the platform sessions will be
selected exclusively from submitted abstracts. We have reserved one platform session for travel awardees
and we are again putting on a one-day "crash course" in glaucoma for people new to glaucoma and stu-
dents/junior investigators, consistent with our goal of increasing participation of young scientists. ISER and
BFF have an established history of promoting diversity, and the selected speakers (from abstracts) will repre-
sent a diverse group of scientists that includes women and members of historically underrepresented groups.
The Specific Aims of the conference are to:
1. Enhance the emerging careers of at least 30 young investigators working in glaucoma research, including
 women and members of underrepresented groups, by providing travel awards.
2. Provide a forum for the dissemination of the most recent advances in glaucoma research.
3. Create an environment that will facilitate the exchange of novel ideas among basic and clinician scientists,
 and which will generate the opportunity for vision scientists with diverse personal and scientific back-
 grounds to meet and establish research collaborations.
4. Bring together scientists working in disparate areas of glaucoma research.
We anticipate that this meeting will provide state-of-the-art information on recent advances in glaucoma and
will serve as an important resource for those involved in the translation of these findings into novel therapeu-
tics. This conference will also provide new opportunities, avenues for new discovery, and a forum to develop
potential collaborations among the attendees. The requested funds will support the travel, accommodation
and registration of 18 students (pre- and postdoctoral) and 12 junior investigators who otherwise would not
have the resources to attend this focused meeting.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10317233
- **Project number:** 1R13EY033189-01
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** W Daniel Stamer
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $27,060
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10317233

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10317233, "Concepts and Breakthroughs in Glaucoma" Conference (1R13EY033189-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10317233. Licensed CC0.

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