1 October, 2020

We are pleased to announce that the 2021 recipients of the Retina Australia medical research grants are Dr Lauren Ayton (The University of Melbourne), Professor Alex Hewitt (The University of Tasmania), Dr Fred Chen (The University of Western Australia), Associate Professor Heather Mack (CERA/The University of Melbourne), and Dr Jennifer Thompson (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital). These grants have a combined total value of $160,000.

You can view a detailed breakdown of the research grants in Word version here or in PDF version here. 

Congratulations to the researchers and their teams, we look forward to hearing about how things progress over the next twelve to eighteen months. Thank you to all of our supporters across the country, for without your generous donations, we would not be able to help fund these important programs.

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