Tag: retinopathy

Children with Sickle Cell Disease Need Vision Exams as Often as Adults, Researchers Find

Written by Janay Jeans

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Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have conducted a study to uncover more about sickle cell disease and its impact on vision in children. They found one in three children with sickle cell disease had retinopathy, damage to the retina because of disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red… Read More

Assistant Professor Rajashekhar Gangaraju of UTHSC Receives $1 Million Grant to Continue Diabetic Retinopathy Research

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Research

Rajashekhar Gangaraju, PhD, an assistant professor in the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has long been interested in the causes and effects of diabetic retinopathy – his father and grandfather suffered from diabetes and resulting vision loss. As a result, Dr. Gangaraju, who came to UTHSC in 2014 from Glick Eye Institute… Read More