Retinal disease

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of retinal disease and develop better approaches for treatment and prevention. This page includes selected news stories about our retinal disease research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Research & News

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Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis retires after a remarkable career in vision science and equity leadership

October 22, 2025

Life, death and DNA tethering: research explores how the eye responds to stress

December 13, 2023

“Dream team” of researchers tackles leading cause of vision loss

July 27, 2022 ohfoundation.ca

$2.4 M grant to help researchers develop gene and cell therapies for a leading cause of blindness

September 15, 2021

The Ottawa Hospital awarded six CIHR grants worth $2.6 million

September 7, 2020

Labs and Groups

These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.

Research Group

Presseau Group

The Presseau Group is multidisciplinary team of research staff and trainees focused on rigorously drawing from - and contributing to - behavioural ...