BLR&D Research Career Scientist Award Application (Renewal)
type: Grant
alternate name: 5IK6BX005646-02
description: Project Summary/Abstract This competitive renewal application of my RCS program is focused on a major health problem of vision loss caused by the traumatic eye and brain injury. Both, traumatic eye and brain injuries lead to vision loss and ocular tissue damage that affects veterans’ health and quality of life immensely. Eye and brain trauma are the major cause of vision loss among our veterans and troops engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), New Dawn, and fighting terrorism. Despite using protective gears, eye injuries has risen from 2% in World Wars to 13% in OIF and OEF. Presently, >167,000 Veterans are legally blind, 1.5 million have significantly compromised vision, and >7000 veterans becoming blind each year. Both, traumatic eye and brain injuries are becoming more common among Veterans, active military personnel, and civilians. Also, the population of elderly Veterans continues to increase, and therefore development of novel molecular thera
funder: NIH — VA
funder alt: US National Institutes of Health
recipient: HARRY S. TRUMAN MEMORIAL VA HOSPITAL
start date: 2021-04-01
end date: 2028-03-31
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10373048
source organization: NIH RePORTER
publisher: AI Analytics
keywords: IK6
keywords: VA
keywords: 5
keywords: NIH

AI Analytics
type: Organization