Research

Computational Ophthalmology

The principal goal of our computational ophthalmology group is to make high-performance computing resources easily accessible and provide state-of-the-art, custom software available to vision researchers engaged in cellular, animal, and human vision research studies.

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Research Internship
Programs

These internship programs provide faculty mentorship, career development, hands-on research experience, networking opportunities, and a wide range of instructional courses. We also value diversity and inclusion, and these internship programs aim to recruit trainees from diverse backgrounds.

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Short-Term Research In Vision & Eye Health

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Translational Vision Research Training @ UCSD

The objective of this program funded by the National Eye Institute is to provide postdoctoral fellows with training and instruction by mentors in ophthalmology and vision research who direct NIH-funded laboratories. The program includes instruction in the area being studied, research experience with a lead mentor as well as professional development seminars, lectures and journal clubs in various disciplines. This program is open to those who have already completed an MD or a PhD.

K12 Award

The overall objective of the NEI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award at UCSD is to develop outstanding clinician scientists to successfully compete at the national level for NIH grants and emerge as leaders within academic Ophthalmology.

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Artificial Intelligence

Ophthalmology Informatics & Data Science

At the UC San Diego Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and the Shiley Eye Institute, our Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science is dedicated to advancing data science, artificial intelligence, and big-data analytics for the improvement of vision and health.

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Peer Reviewed Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications in 2021

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Clinical Trials

On Going Clinical Trials

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Grants

NEI - NIH Grants

Clinical Research Reading Centers

Optic Disc & Imaging
Imaging Data Evaluation and Analysis (IDEA) Center

The UC San Diego’s Imaging Data Evaluation and Analysis (IDEA) Center offers a wide variety of clinical research support services from image processing and analysis to study design and protocol development support. Our highly skilled researchers and staff are expertly trained in several types of image processing and analysis.The IDEA Center is also comprised of the Optic Disc Reading Center (ODRC), which offers interpretation and analysis of fundus photography, including optic disc and retinal photographs, both digital and film.

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Visual Field
VisFACT Visual Field Reading Center

The Visual Field Assessment Center (VisFACT), a visual field reading center, offers a wide variety of services in support of clinical research. Our highly skilled researchers and staff are expertly trained in several types of visual field testing and analysis. Our extensive experience includes collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, other universities, research centers, and clinics in the United States and around the world.

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Our Research Locations

State of the Art Facilities

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UCSD Shiley EyeMobile for Children

Each year more than 100,000 American children needlessly go blind, simply because they did not receive an eye exam.

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Shiley Eye Care – Rancho Bernardo

Introducing SEI’s new optometry clinic in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego!

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Viterbi Family Vision Research Center

The 5-story, 100,000-square-foot facility will house wet and dry laboratories for vision research and clinical trials for precision ophthalmology, as well as administrative and educational spaces.

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Hamilton Glaucoma Center

The Hamilton Glaucoma Center offers advanced and investigational diagnostic services for glaucoma.

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Jacobs Retina Center

The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Retina Center is home to research projects committed to finding solutions for people of all ages suffering from retina disorders.

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Perlman Medical Offices UCSD

Perlman Medical is an outpatient clinic on UC San Diego Health's La Jolla campus. The facility, which includes a lab and offers outpatient clinic visits, is connected to Jacobs Medical Center.

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UCSD Medical Center Hillcrest Eye Care

About a twenty-minute drive from Shiley is the UC San Diego Medical Center/Hillcrest, a Level I Trauma Center that includes a 434 bed hospital and ambulatory care facility.

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Shiley Eye Institute Campus

The Shiley Eye Institute is a state-of-the-art, free-standing outpatient facility centrally located on UCSDs campus.

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Ratner Children's Eye Center

We are dedicated to making visiting the eye doctor a pleasant experience for young patients, ensuring more successful eye examinations.

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