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


Life, death and DNA tethering: research explores how the eye responds to stress Life, death and DNA tethering: research explores how the eye responds to stress
December 13, 2023 - New research from Dr. Pierre Mattar’s group sheds light on what happens inside retinal cells as they die, in hopes of finding new ways to help these light-sensing cells survive.
“Dream team” of researchers tackles leading cause of vision loss “Dream team” of researchers tackles leading cause of vision loss
July 27, 2022 - Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis has assembled a world-class team to bring discoveries with game-changing potential to patients with retinal disease
$2.4 M grant to help researchers develop gene and cell therapies for a leading cause of blindness $2.4 M grant to help researchers develop gene and cell therapies for a leading cause of blindness
September 15, 2021 - A team led by Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis has received $2.4 M from the Ontario Research Fund to develop treatments for retinal diseases, a leading cause of blindness.
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Researchers


Name Scientific appointment Diseases, conditions and populations of interest Research and clinical approaches
Mattar, Pierre
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Regenerative Medicine) 		Autism, Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, Glaucoma, Intellectual disabilities, Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision Basic research, Bioinformatics, Cell therapy, Epigenetics, Gene expression, Genetics, Genomics, Model organisms, Molecular and cellular biology, Proteomics, Regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Systems biology, Transgenic/knockout models
Presseau, Justin
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Methodological and Implementation Research) 		Chronic pain, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health equity, Hepatitis C, Immigrant and refugee health, Inflammatory bowel syndrome, Retinal disease, Vision Artificial intelligence and data science, Health services research, Patient engagement, Psychometrics, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Rapid reviews, Transfusions, Transplantation, Behaviour, Psychology, Health professional behaviour change, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Health promotion, Cluster randomized trials, Surveys
Tsilfidis, Catherine
PhD
Senior Scientist
(Neuroscience) 		Vision, Retinal disease, Glaucoma Molecular and cellular biology, Disease models
Bhatti, Adil
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Dimopoulos, Ioannis
MD, MSc, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Dollin, Michael
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Gottlieb, Chloe
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Hurley, Bernard
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Lee, Thomas
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Maberley, David
MD, MSc (Epid), FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision
Tuli, Raman
MD, FRCSC
Clinician Investigator
(Neuroscience) 		Macular degeneration, Retinal disease, Vision


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