OCVL Funding

Current Grants | Past Grants

The Ocular and Computer Vision Laboratory receives ongoing support from Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, as well as additional support on a per-project basis from various foundations, organizations and institutions, such as the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.  Dr. Cooper and the Ocular and Computer Vision Laboratory extend their gratitude to all sponsors, past, present and future. 

 

Current Grants

  • Cooper, RF (Principal Investigator); “Non-Invasive Functional Assessments for Translational Retinal Therapeutics.” Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (8/01/2023–7/31/2026). Major Goal: To develop a precise tree shrew imaging technique for single-cell functional assessment and versatile small animal imaging tools, with the ultimate aim of facilitating the translation of novel preclinical therapies to humans.

  • Connor, John (Principal Investigator), Cooper Robert (Co-Investigator); “Retinal Contributions to Vision Loss in Albinism.” Sponsored by National Institutes of Health—National Eye Institute (July 1,2022 –June 30, 2026). Major goal: To examine the influence of retinal melanin on visual acuity and the phenotypic spectrum of foveal morphology, characterize disruptions in foveal post-receptoral circuitry in subjects with albinism, and map rod photoreceptor mosaic topography in subjects with albinism. 

 

Past Grants

  • Cooper, Robert (Principal Investigator). “Assessing the Function of Individual Cells in Patients with Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease.”  Sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness (July 1, 2020–June 29, 2023). Major Goal: To enhance and explore the functional signal from individual cells in patients with degenerative diseases. 
  • Buckland E. (Co-Principal Investigator), Carroll J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Cooper RF (Co-Investigator); “Validating Automated Photoreceptor Analytics Software for Degenerative Eye Disease Research and Biopharma Clinical Trials.”  R44EY031278-01 and R44EY031278-02, sponsored by National Institutes of Health—National Eye Institute (03/01/2020–02/28/2022).  Major goal: To extend the functionality of MOSAIC as a commercial-ready, efficient and user-friendly photoreceptor analysis software for quantifying AO images.
  • Connor (Principal Investigator), Cooper RF (Co-Principal Investigator); “Assessing Function at a Cellular Scale in Patients with Inherited Retinal Degenerations.” Traditional Pilot Award sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (08/01/2020–07/31/2021). Major goal: To translate a nascent cellular-scale functional assay to a clinical environment.
  • Cooper, Robert (Principal Investigator). “Validating Automated Photoreceptor Analytics Software for Degenerative Eye Disease Research and Biopharma Clinical Trials.”  Sponsored by the NIH and Translational Imaging Innovations, Inc. (March 1, 2020–February 28, 2021).  
  • Cooper, Robert (Co-Principal Investigator), Conner, Thomas (Co-Principal Investigator).   “Assessing Function at a Cellular Scale in Patients with Inherited Retinal Degenerations.”  Sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (2020).