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Top-Tier Rankings in 2019!

This year we ranked #3 for NIH awards to Departments of Ophthalmology nationwide. We also continued to be ranked in the top 10 Departments of Ophthalmology nationwide by the 2019 US News and World Report. Awardees of NIH Grants Seventeen vision scientists in the [...], (September 2019)
Welcome New Faculty: Dr. Luca Della Santina

Q Why are the tiny connections between retinal nerve cells so important? A They are the main way neurons communicate information to the brain. In neurodegenerative diseases, synapses fail before the cells die, making them strong candidates for early treatment. Q You’ve [...], (September 2019)
Big Data, Big Future

From left: Drs. Lietman, Nair, Deiner, Porco, Acharya, and Stewart UCSF vision scientists use the mountain of digitized information called “big data” to advance sight for all. Technological innovations have converged to create big data. UCSF’s vision scientists now [...], (September 2019)

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Effect of Corticosteroid-Sparing Treatment With Mycophenolate Mofetil vs Methotrexate on Inflammation in Patients With Uveitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Rathinam SR, Gonzales JA, Thundikandy R, Kanakath A, Murugan SB, Vedhanayaki R, Lim LL, Suhler EB, Al-Dhibi HA, Doan T, Keenan JD, Rao MM, Ebert CD, Nguyen HH, Kim E, Porco TC, Acharya NR | JAMA | 2019-09-10

Comparison of anthropometric indicators to predict mortality in a population-based prospective study of children under 5 years in Niger.

O'Brien KS, Amza A, Kadri B, Nassirou B, Cotter SY, Stoller NE, West SK, Bailey RL, Porco TC, Keenan JD, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE | Public health nutrition | 2019-09-09

De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia.

Kanca O, Andrews JC, Lee PT, Patel C, Braddock SR, Slavotinek AM, Cohen JS, Gubbels CS, Aldinger KA, Williams J, Indaram M, Fatemi A, Yu TW, Agrawal PB, Vezina G, Simons C, Crawford J, Lau CC, Chung WK, Markello TC, Dobyns WB, Adams DR, Gahl WA, Wangler MF, Yamamoto S, Bellen HJ, Malicdan MCV | American journal of human genetics | 2019-09-05

Neonatal azithromycin administration to prevent infant mortality: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Sie A, Bountogo M, Nebie E, Ouattara M, Coulibaly B, Bagagnan C, Zabre P, Lebas E, Brogdon J, Godwin WW, Lin Y, Porco T, Doan T, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE | BMJ open | 2019-09-04

Floppy eyelid syndrome: ocular and systemic associations.

Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Winn BJ | Current opinion in ophthalmology | 2019-09-03

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