2021 Faculty Awards

José-Alain Sahel, MD

Science Breakthrough of the Year in Life Sciences, Falling Walls Foundation (Berlin).

Boris Rosin, MD, PhD

Foundation Fighting Blindness - Career Development Award for his work in harnessing the central nervous system in the treatment of inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs).

Ian Sigal, PhD

RBP Stein Innovation Award – Research to Prevent Blindness – to support the development of novel biomechanics-based therapeutic approaches to glaucoma.

Exploratory Award – Hillman Innovation Award – Super-resolution ultrasound imaging of blood flow within the rabbit optic nerve head.

Andrew Williams, MD

Research to Prevent Blindness and American Academy of Ophthalmology Award for IRIS® Registry Research in 2021. The grant supports selected investigators to use the IRIS Registry database and its analytic capabilities to further populationbased research in ophthalmology and blindness prevention.

Mentoring for Advancement of Physician Scientists (MAPS) award from the America Glaucoma Society. The MAPS award is given annually to further the careers of young clinician-scientists as potential leaders in the specialty of glaucoma care. This grant will support Dr. Williams’ proposed project to address the problem of “no show” visits in glaucoma.

Evan L. Waxman, MD, PhD

2021 Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education from the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Emily DePew, OD and Ellen Butts, OD

Listed by Newsweek among the 50 best optometrists across the country.

Kun-Che Chang, PhD

New Investigator Award – Hillman Innovation Award – Molecular Signals that regulate RGC specification in stem cells.

Susan da Silva, PhD

New Investigator Award – Hillman Innovation Award – Multiomic Profile of the Developing Chick HAA: Finding Enhancers of Cyp26a1 and Cyp26c1.

Tony St. Leger, PhD

Exploratory Award – Hillman Innovation Award – Assessing the ability of C.mast to produce and secrete functional human IL-10.

Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac

Named one of the Top 100 most influential people in Ophthalmology by The Ophthalmologist. The 2022 List includes genuine giants of clinical practice and vision research.