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Honor & Awards

  • Mary Tyler Moore Vision Consortium, August 2024 - August 2039
  • NDP expression in diabetic retinopathy lesions with assessment of low vascular density, Genentech, July 2024 - November 2024
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant Candidate - Amanda Gregolynskyj
  • Rackham Conference Travel Grant - Amanda Gregolynskyj

     

  • Retinal Müller glial cells in the initiation of diabetic retinopathy, NIH/Stanford, R01 – EY033792, September 2022 - May 2026
  • Eye biorepository: A hub for the restoring vision moonshot - Phase I and Phase II, Breakthrough T1D, May 2022 - December 2024
  • Protective potential of functionally enhanced AlphaA-crystallin in neurodegeneration, NIH, September 2022 - September 2024
  • Vision Research Training Program, T32, 2022 - 2024 - Amanda Gregolynskyj
  • Eye Biorepository – A Hub for the Restoring Vision Moonshot,  Breakthrough T1D, May 2022- February 2026
  • Vision Research Training Program NEI-T32, NIH - Zach Sluzala
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant Pre-Candidate - Amanda Gregolynskyj
  • Progressive Alterations of the Human Retinal Proteome by Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy, DoD – Army, May 2020 - February 2023
  • Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy with TrkB Agonist Antibodies, Zebra Biologics Inc., February 2020 - January 2021
  • JDRF and M-Diabetes Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan, Breakthrough T1D, October 2019 - September 2025
  • Inflammation in the Diabetic Human Retina – Role in Disease Progression, Beatson Foundation, July 2019 - June 2022
  • Eversight Re-One Project, February 2019 - April 2019
  • Editorial Board, PlosOne
  • Guest Editor, Frontiers in Genetics; Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Grant Reviewer, American Diabetes Association
  • Study Section, ETTN-12 Small Business Study Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Lichter Award for Research on Glaucoma (UM)
  • Rackham Pre-Candidate Graduate Student Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, UM 2019-2023 - Zach Sluzala
  • Early Stage Training in the Neurosciences Training Grant T32-NS076401, NIH - 
    Zach Sluzala
  • Vision Research Training Program, NIH, T32 - EY013934, May 2018 - June 2028
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Editorial Board, PlosOne
  • Guest Editor, Frontiers in Genetics; Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Grant Reviewer, American Diabetes Association's Research
  • Grant Reviewer, Research and Training Grant, Fight for Sight
  • Grant Reviewer, Vidi Program, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
  • Grant Reviewer, Development Research Projects Program, INBRE (IDeA Network of
  • Biomedical Research Excellence), National Institutes of Health
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer, Study Section, Disease and Patholphysiology of the Visual System,
  • National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Progressive Impact of Diabetes on Retinal Neuroprotection by a-Crystallins, NIH, September 2017 - April 2021
  • Editorial Board, PlosOne
  • Grant Reviewer, American Diabetes Association
  • Grant Reviewer, Fight for Sight
  • Study Section, Diseases and Pathophysiology of the Visual System, National Institutes of Health
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Editorial Board, PlosOne
  • Grant Reviewer, Diabetes Consortium
  • Grant Reviewer, Project Grants on Diabetes Research, The NationalResearch Funding Agency, The Maratona da Saúde Association, Portugal
  • Grant Reviewer, Research Grant Review Committee, AmericanDiabetes Association
  • Grant Reviewer, Societal Challenges Grant Applications, FrenchNational Research Agency
  • Grant Reviewer, Tender Offers Grant Applications, Insititu CarnatVoir et Entendre, Paris, France
  • Study Section Ad-hoc Reviewer, Disease and Pathophysiology of theVisual System, National Eye Institute
  • Academic Editor, Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Grant Reviewer, Research Grant Review Committee, American Diabetes Association
  • Grant Reviewer, "Societal challenges” Grant Applications, French National Research Agency
  • Grant Reviewer, "Tender offers” Grant Applications, Institut Carnot Voir et Entendre, Paris, France
  • Detailed analysis of crystallins cellular and sub-cellular upregulation during diabetic retinopathy, Fight for Sight, July 2011 - June 2012
  • Characterization of crystallin proteins expression in human retina: effect of diabetes, Midwest Eye Banks, July 2011 - June 2012