CTVR Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Award

Congratulations to Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine has been granted a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) / International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) Catalyst Award for Innovative Research Approaches for AMD. The Award is designed to support novel, ground-breaking research into age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with the ultimate goal of creating effective treatments for this increasingly common and debilitating condition.

Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled more than $424 million into eye research. As a result, RPB has been identified with nearly every major breakthrough in vision research in that time. For information on RPB’s grants program, listings of RPB institutional and individual grantees, and findings generated by these awards, go to www.rpbusa.org.