The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation (VAF) is pleased to announce the 2016 Resident Grant Award recipients:

Dr. Ann Cooper
University of California, Davis
$2,600, 17 months
Comparison of longitudinal changes in chromatic pupillometry in normal dogs and dogs with SARDS or optic pathway disease

Dr. Shin Ae Park
Michigan State University
$5,000, 12 months
Relationship between optic nerve axon counts and clinical assessments of retinal function and structure in dogs

Dr. Whitney Young
North Carolina State University
$5,000, 18 months
Therapeutic efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of SARDS in canine patients

Please consider making a year-end contribution to the VAF. Your gift will ensure that the foundation can continue to offer grants to ABVO residents and our new, larger grant program to sponsor research on diseases like SARDS.

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https://www.visionforanimals.org/support-the-vaf/

The ACVO Vision for Animals Foundation (VAF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Freya Mowat of North Carolina State University has been selected as the recipient of the organization’s grant award for research to address Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration (SARDS).

The title of the proposal is “Defining the effect of immune-mediated damage to the pineal gland in the etiopathogenesis of sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) in dogs”.  It is a two-year project, with funding to be awarded in the amount of $29,948.

Co-investigators are: Drs. Katherine Lunn, Natasha Olby, and Gianluca Tosini.

Congratulations to Dr. Andras Komáromy and the VAF Think Tank participants on the publication of the following article in Veterinary Ophthalmology:

Komáromy AM, Abrams KL, Heckenlively JR, Lundy SK, Maggs DJ, Leeth CM, MohanKumar PS, Petersen-Jones SM, Serreze DV, van der Woerdt A. Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) – a review and proposed strategies toward a better understanding of pathogenesis, early diagnosis, and therapy. Vet Ophthalmol. 2015 Jun 20. doi: 10.1111/vop.12291. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26096588.

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