Research Areas

Research Areas

Our priority areas of translational research

  1. Glaucoma
    Goal: Identify the underlying physiology of glaucoma, work towards better understanding of the eye and developing novel therapies to save sight.
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  2. Diabetic and Vascular Retinopathies
    Goal: Develop new detection and monitoring techniques of early-to-late changes in diabetic and other retinal vascular disorders, and treatments to improve quality of life for patients with these conditions.
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  3. Indigenous and Community Eye research
    Goal: More effectively detect and treat particularly common and insidious, non-reversible diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma in remote, rural and Indigenous communities in Australia and developing countries.
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  4. Genetic Eye Disease, Gene Therapies and Macula Degeneration
    Goal: Reduce blindness due to conditions of singular genetic eye diseases, by developing a greater understanding of genetic causes of eye disease, and the creation of novel treatments and therapies.
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  5. Cornea, Ocular Surface and Ocular Immunology
    Goal: Improve understanding of and treatments for common disorders of the eye and ocular surface involving immune system reactions that greatly affect people’s quality of life.
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  6. Myopia
    Goal: Improve our understanding of how environmental factors and genetics interact and contribute to the development of childhood myopia.
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