Previous Research Projects
Fighting Blindness supports high-quality, retinal research efforts both in Ireland and abroad. Led by talented and dedicated clinical and scientific teams, their work aims to increase our understanding of the causes and consequences of retinal disease and to ascertain the evidence base towards the development of enhanced clinical care and disease-modifying therapies. Below you can learn more about the previous projects Fighting Blindness has funded.
Dr. Sarah Doyle, Trinity College of Dublin
ORBITAL: Ocular Research By Integrated Training And Learning
Prof. Laurence Fitzhenry, Waterford Institute of Technology
Prof Frans Cremers, Radboudumc in Nijmegen.
Prof Brendan Kennedy, University College of Dublin
A novel formulation for removal of macular oedema
Dr Joanne O’Dwyer, Emerging Researcher Award in 2022, NUI Galway
Cilia-related inherited retinal dystrophy: uncovering fundamental disease mechanism and designing patient-oriented impact
Prof Oliver Blacque and Ms Ailís Moran, University College Dublin
Inherited childhood sight loss: understanding visual cycle biology to develop treatments
Prof Breandán Kennedy and Ms Rebecca Ward, University College Dublin
Pioneering advances for control of myopia in children – The MOSAIC Initiative
Prof James Loughman, Dublin Institute of Technology
Identification of drugs that can safely and effectively maintain visual function in models of inherited retinal degeneration
Prof Breandán Kennedy, University College Dublin
StarT: Innovative Research Training Network focusing on different aspects of Stargardt Disease
Prof Elfride de Baere, University of Ghent, Belgium
Exploring the potential of gene therapy to treat autosomal-dominant retinal disease in a mouse model
Prof. Debra Thompson, University of Michigan, USA
The Target 5000 Programme
Professor Julie Silvestri, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Queen’s University Belfast
Clinical & Genetic Maternal Study in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Professor Lorraine Cassidy, Dr. Clare Quigley and Dr. Kirk Stephenson, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin
Application of next generation sequencing for the genetic characterisation of Irish retinal degeneration patients
Prof Jane Farrar, Trinity College Dublin
Enhancing and expanding the utility of Target 5000
Dr Adrian Dockery and Prof. Jane Farrar
Characterising the IRD population in Northern Ireland through an an all-Ireland retinal degenerations partnership
Ms Giuliana Silvestri, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland
Shedding light on unexplained inherited retinal diseases in Ireland and the Netherlands
Prof Frans Cremers, Radbound University, the Netherlands and Prof Jane Farrar, Trinity College Dublin
Clinical Genetics Programme for Inherited Retinal Degenerations
Target 5000 Clinical Fellowships
IRD COUNTS – The impact of living with an inherited retinal degeneration