BEST GLAUCOMA PAPER AWARDS
The judges for the Best Glaucoma Paper Awards were Drs. Sadhana Kulkarni, Gisele Li, Susan Wakil and Jonathan Wong.
Student / Undergrad or Medical degree:
There were five submissions.
The winner is Matthew Fung for the study: Development and Verification of a Novel Three-Dimensional Aqueous Outflow Model for High-Throughput Drug Screening
Published in Bioengineering 2024, 11, 142.
https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11020142
Co-authors: James J. Armstrong, Richard Zhang, Anastasiya Vinokurtseva, Hong Liu, Cindy Hutnik.
Graduate Student / Masters or PhD:
There were no submissions.
Ophthalmologist in Training / Resident or Fellow:
There were four submissions.
The winner is Dr. Kian Madjedi for the study: Smoking, Corneal Biomechanics, and Glaucoma: Results From Two Large Population-Based Cohorts
Published in the IOVS (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
January 2024, Vol.65, No.1, Article 11
https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.65.1.11
Additional Authors: Kelsey V. Stuart, Robert N. Luben, Mahantesh I. Biradar, Siegfried K. Wagner, Alasdair N. Warwick, Zihan Sun, Pirro G. Hysi, Mark J. Simcoe, Paul J. Foster, Anthony P. Khawaja.
Staff Member / Ophthalmologist or PhD Scientist:
There was one submission.
The winner is Dr. Ike Ahmed for the study: Validation of a Wearable Virtual Reality Perimeter for Glaucoma Staging, The NOVA Trial: Novel Virtual Reality Field Assessment
Published in TVST (Translational Vision Science & Technology)
March 2024, Vol. 13, No. 3, Article 10
https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.13.3.10
Additional Authors: Chris Bradley, Thomas W. Samuelson, Michael Chaglasian, Howard Barnebey, Nathan Radcliffe, Jason Bacharach
THE STEPHEN DRANCE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GLAUCOMA RESEARCH
The judges for the Stephen Drance Award were Drs. Katie Birt, Marianne Edwards and Raageen Kanjee.
There were eight trainees who presented their research at the COS in Vancouver in June 2025.
The winner is Dr. James (Jake) Armstrong for the study: Netarsudil reduces outflow resistance in a perfused in vitro model of the post-glaucoma filtration surgery subconjunctival outflow pathway
Additional Authors: Matthew Fung, Anastasiya Vinokurtseva, Victoria Leung, Richard Zhang, Hong Liu, Cindy Hutnik
Respectfully submitted,
Sylvia Chen, MD
Chair, Awards Committee
