Awards

The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences offers the following awards/scholarships.

Alberta Odd Fellow Rebekah Vision Science Graduate Student Research Award

Terms: Selection is based on satisfactory academic achievement, research ability, and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research. Preference will be given to applicants with research focused on treatment or prevention of age-related vision loss.

Award: Up to $1000 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Eligibility: Applications will be accepted from graduate students registered in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences in a full time master's or doctoral degree program studying and conducting research in the field of vision science.

Application Open: March 4, 2024

Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Edwin Isaac Clarke Scholarship

Terms: Selection is based on satisfactory academic achievement, research ability, and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research with a preference given to research that is relevant to ophthalmology and cancer.

Award:

Residents: One Award for up to $500 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Other Trainee: Undergraduate, Medical Student, Graduate Student, Fellow (Clinical or Research) - One Award for up to $500 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Eligibility: Applicants will be accepted from residents and other trainees studying and conducting research in the field of ophthalmology and cancer within the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.

Application Open: March 4, 2024

Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Helen Colburn Scholarship

Terms: Selection is based on satisfactory academic achievement, research ability, and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research.

Award:

Residents: One Award for up to $500 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Other Trainee: Undergraduate, Medical Student, Graduate Student, Fellow (Clinical Research) - One Award for up to $500 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Eligibility: Applicants will be accepted from residents and other trainees studying and conducting research into the underlying cause(s) and/or method(s) of cure for eye disease within the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.

Application Open: March 4, 2024

Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Patricia Ann Peat Student & Residency Fund in Ophthalmology

To assist the Department of Ophthalmology in providing exciting and personally enriching experiences in the discipline of ophthalmic medicine. This fund is accessible by all medical students registered in the MD Program at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. The fund is also open to any residents registered in the first two years of the ophthalmology program at the University of Alberta Department of Ophthalmology.

Reg Martiniuk Research Day Award

Terms: Selection is based on best presentation at Annual Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Day.

Award: Up to $500 (Resident)

Eligibility: Will need to do an oral or poster presentation at the Annual Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Day.

Precision Medicine Award

Terms: Selection is based on satisfactory academic achievement, research ability, and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research. Preference will be given to research aimed at 1) Improved diagnostics 2) Targeted therapies or 3) Advances in surgical instrumentation as related to ophthalmic disease.

Award:

Residents: One Award for up to $5000 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Other Trainee: Undergraduate, Medical Student, Graduate Student, Fellow (Clinical Research) - One Award for up to $5000 - current academic year - 2023/2024

Eligibility: All awarded applicants must be affiliated with a grant holder designated as a faculty member within the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences that is able to hold research grants.

Application Open: December 18th, 2023

Application Deadline: February 23rd, 2024

Award Winners

The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is thrilled to announce the following award winners for the 2022/2023 Academic year.

Alberta Odd Fellow Rebekah Award

VISION SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

The award is based on research ability and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research related to treatment or prevention of age-related vision loss.

Winner: Ehsan Misaghi

For his research in “Investigating the role of PIKFYVE in the retinal pigment epithelium”

Edwin Isaac Clarke Scholarship

The scholarship is focused on studying and conducting research in the field of Ophthalmology and Cancer

Winner I: Nikki Chopra

For her research project “Management of uveal melanoma and the detection and diagnosis of primary uveal melanoma metastatic disease”

Winner II: Ojas Srivastava

For his research project “Uveal melanoma patient responses to anti-VEGF therapies to help treat and prevent radiation retinopathy”

Helen Colburn Scholarship

This award is based on research into the underlying cause(s) and/or method(s) of cure for eye disease. Selection is based on satisfactory academic achievement, research ability, and contribution to basic and/or clinical vision research

Winner I: Amit Mishra
Amit's contribution to the research project in clinical outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and Gor-Tex scleral fixation of Akreos AO60 intraocular lens

Winner II: Carl Shen
Carl's contribution to the research project “Intraretinal silicone oil migration”

Reg Martiniuk Research Day Award

BEST CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

Winner: Emily Laycock

for presentation entitled “Analyzing clinical variables indicative of uveal melanoma to determine how they affect decisions made by an artificial intelligence classifier”

BEST BASIC SCIENCE AWARD

Winner: Ehsan Misaghi

for presentation entitled “Investigating the role of PIKFYVE in the retinal pigment epithelium”

Precision Medicine Award

Winner I: Constantin Mouzaaber

for presentation entitled “Exploring the function of peroxisomes in the retinal pigment epithelium”

Winner II: Nicol San Juan

for presentation entitled "Accelerating retinal degeneration in African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) using a flickering light paradigm"

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS!

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Note: If applying for multiple awards/scholarships, please submit separate applications for each

Awards Application