
April 2025 Volume 41


Dept of Ophthalmology 2024 Annual Report
The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh has released its 2024 Annual Report, “Our Vision for the Future ”
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NIH Funding
The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh have jumped in the rankings of NIH funding
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Dr. Contrera Wins Research Fellowship
Kevin J Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of OtolaryngologyHead & Neck Surgery, has won the Franklin H Martin, MD, FACS, Faculty Research Fellowship from the American College of Surgeons. The twoyear $80,000 award supports faculty at the beginning of their academic careers
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AMD Project Wins Grant
A team coordinated by Jay Chhablani, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Professor of Ophthalmology at the UPMC Vision Institute, has won a Thome Foundation two-year $500K grant for his project, “Personalized Assembloid Platform for Drug Discovery and Modelling of Age-Related Macular Degeneration ”
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