Dr. Lindsay Rhodes, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has received a $1 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) to study new care delivery models, such as telemedicine, to treat glaucoma.
Additionally, the grant includes funding for a training program that will consist of mentored research under the direction of a team with members from UAB's Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, and Department of Epidemiology. The mentored research plan will reportedly evaluate a novel community-based delivery model for open-angle glaucoma.
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Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham