Current Research
Title: Analysis of Adherence to Topical Glaucoma Therapy
P.I.: David Friedman
Funding:
Goals: Present study describes the patterns and predictors of treatment persistence and adherence among patients who are diagnosed with glaucoma or as glaucoma suspects.
Title: A Therapeutic Intervention to Increase Compliance with Glaucoma Follow-Up Visits in a Residents’ Clinic
P.I.: David Friedman
Funding:
Goals: Prevalence and diagnosis of glaucoma in the elderly regarding follow-up visits and treatment/nursing facility-Salisbury, MD
Title: Who Drives Safely? Visual/Cognitive Factors in Elders
P.I.: Sheila West
Funding: National Institute on Aging
Goals: In this project, a multi-disciplinary team studies the role of vision and cognition, and other explanatory factors, in adoption of compensatory driving strategies within a longitudinal study of an older, driving, population in Salisbury, MD. Downloads: The AVF program and its readme file are available.
Title: Do Water and Health Education Programs Affect Trachoma and Ocular C. trachomatis?
P.I.: Sheila West
Funding: World Vision
Goals: World Visions and other NGOs providing water and health education in support of trachoma control in Niger need an evidence base for the effectiveness of their inputs. Out data will provide this base and help motivate other agencies interested in water provision to target trachoma control areas.
Title: Improving Eye Health Education for Latinos with Diabetes in Baltimore
P.I.: Sheila West
Funding:
Goals: Fells Point, MD. Improving Eye health education for Latinos with diabetes in Baltimore. Providing access; establishing a referral network, developing educational materials that include referral instructions, pre-registration forms, increasing awareness about diabetes through community mobilization, and outreach strategy that uses Latinos sites.
Title: Endophthalmitis Post-Cataract Surgery Study (EPCS)
P.I.: Emily West-Gower
Funding: NIH
Goals: The EPCS study is a nationwide study being conducted to evaluate risk factors for endophthalmitis following cataract surgery.
Title: Fungal Keratitis Surveillance
P.I.: Emily West-Gower
Funding: Bausch and Lomb
Goals: This study has two goals. 1) To retrospectively determine rates of fungal keratitis at 11 centers nationwide across 2001-2006 and to compare those rates with rates going forward. 2) To evaluate risk factors for fungal keratitis among contact lens wearers presenting with new cases of fungal keratitis.
