Researchers at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have received a $4.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund Venture Program Oculomics Initiative.
The funding will support the creation of novel imaging techniques to identify precise changes in capillary function to detect and characterize cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). CSVD contributes to cognitive impairment and dementia.
Jianhua (Jay) Wang, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer, is lead principal investigator of the award.