Newswise — New York, NY --The Glaucoma Foundation is bringing researchers, clinicians and glaucoma patients together for its 28th Annual Glaucoma Scientific Think Tank on June 9 and 10 in New York City. This annual interdisciplinary meeting has been the premier forum for the exchange of ideas between leading scientists in diverse fields to bring their knowledge to the challenges of glaucoma and help set the course for future glaucoma research.
Established in 1995, the Think Tank has significantly increased the number of people around the world working in the field. The presenters at this year’s two-day program come from Mount Sinai in New York, Johns Hopkins in Maryland, Shiley Eye Institute and the Keck School of Medicine in California, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Duke University in North Carolina, Georgia Institute of Technology, Moorfields Eye Hospital in the UK, and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. They represent, collectively, the vanguard of exploration by medical science.
All of the speakers will attend in person and the conference will be live-streamed on Zoom.
The sessions will take place Friday, June 9th, from 9 to 5, and Saturday, June 10 until 1p.m. “This year’s Think Tank will incorporate the latest science into a forum designed to bring patients, advocates and caregivers into the discussion on living with glaucoma,” says TGF President Elena Sturman. The closing session on Saturday morning will be open to participation from the entire audience.
To register for live streaming:
FRIDAY JUNE 9 SESSIONS: Meeting Registration - Zoom
SATURDAY JUNE 10 SESSIONS: Meeting Registration - Zoom
FRIDAY SESSION 1- Glaucoma Data Integration, Moderator: Louis Pasquale, MD
Overview of databases available to advance glaucoma knowledge – Sally Baxter, MD
Lessons learned about glaucoma from the UK Biobank – Anthony Khawaja, MD
POAG genomic architecture update – Stuart MacGregor, PhD
A 360-degree biomedical profile of health: lessons from cardiovascular disease– Iain Forrest, PhD
FRIDAY SESSION 2: Drug re-purposing in glaucoma, Moderator: Richard Lee, MD, PhD
Insulin signaling and glaucoma: Friend or Foe?– Louis R. Pasquale, MD
Metformin and glaucoma – Joshua Stein, MD
GLP-1R agonists and glaucoma – Qi Cui, MD, PhD
FRIDAY SESSION 3: Neuroprotection, Moderator: Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Overview of glaucoma neuroprotection agents. Derek Welsbie, MD
Why do we not have a neuroprotection agent for glaucoma? Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Facilitating Randomized Clinical Trials in Neuroprotection through Artificial Intelligence: An Emerging Paradigm -- Felipe Medeiros, MD, PhD
FRIDAY SESSION 4: Sex hormones and glaucoma, Moderator: Rachel Lee, MD, MPH
The role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis of open-angle glaucoma: evidence from epidemiological studies – Thasarat Vajaranant, MD, MHA
Estrogen signaling pathways in glaucoma – Yutao Liu, PhD
The biomechanical argument that estrogen plays a role in glaucoma – Andrew Feola PhD
SATURDAY SESSION 5: Non-IOP factors of importance in glaucoma, Moderator Jeffrey M. Liebmann, MD
Diet and glaucoma – Jae Hee Kang, ScD
Hypertension, antihypertensive drugs and glaucoma – Alon Harris, PhD
The impact of glaucoma on activities of daily living– Pradeep Ramulu MD
SATURDAY CONCLUDING SESSION 6: What can The Glaucoma Foundation do to help patients, researchers, and eye-care providers to tackle glaucoma? – Co-Moderators, Murray Fingeret OD, Louis Pasquale MD, Gregory Harmon MD
What is the Glaucoma Foundation doing now? Elena Sturman, TGF President
What do patients want to see in glaucoma research? Patient representatives – Amy Dixon, Hillary Golden, Jahkori Dopwell Hall
Open microphone with patient participation.
(A discussion will follow each session.)
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