Current Recipients
Current Trainees
Trainees from across the University of Toronto receive mentorship and support. These trainees are currently supported by the Vision Science Research Program.
2025 / 2026
| Name | Department | Supervisor | Area of Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Zubaidy, Yasir | CSB | Erclik, Ted | The development and evolution of the eye |
| Ashworth, Kristen | IMS | Ballios, Brian | Stem cell therapy discovery for inherited retinal diseases |
| Bhargava, Kathrine | LMP | Ong Tone, Stephan | Corneal Transplantation |
| Botler, Laura | LMP | Singh, Karun | Material transfer in human neurons |
| Chatha, Gur Rattan Pal (Gary) | CSB | Erclik, Teddy | The evolution and development of the eye |
| Chow, Chun Hin (Daniel) | PSL | Sugita, Shuzo | Neuro-ophthalmology; Optic nerve myelination |
| Guo, Bryan | CSB | Chang, Belinda | Functional impact of rhodopsin mutations in retinal disease |
| Ibrahimi, Mostafa | LMP | Wallace, Valerie | Transsynaptic Tracing |
| Khan, Farheen | IMS | Dimaras, Helen | Pediatric Ophthalmology - Patient Reported Outcome Measures |
| Lavoie, Camille | LMP | Wallace, Valerie | Mitochondria trafficking in photoreceptors |
| Little, Ness | LMP | Ong Tone, Stephan | Cornea |
| Moffat, Alexandra | LMP | Schuurmans, Carol | Proneural transcription factors in retinal progenitor cells |
| Wong, Godfrey Wun-Shun | IMS | Ballios, Brian | Electrophysiology |
| Zhang, Jenny | LMP | Sivak, Jeremy | Glaucoma |
| Afsharpour, Amirhesam | PCL | Corson, Timothy | Retinal Neovascularization, Proliferative Retinopathies, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Diabetic Proliferative Retinopathy |
| Chhipa, Mohammed Ayan | PCL | Corson, Tim | Therapeutics for neovascular eye disease |
| Eiras, Sofia | MOGEN | Lefebvre, Julie | Neural and retinal circuit development |
| Frost, Nathaniel | LMP | Sivak, Jeremy | Glaucoma, Lamina Cribrosa, Intraocular Pressure, Optic Nerve Head |
| Garay, Pristine Rey | MOGEN | Lefebvre, Julie | Visual circuit formation and neuronal survival |
| Khan, Nadia | LMP | Sivak, Jeremy | Targeted Neuroprotection in Glaucoma via MNK-eIF4E Signalling and Translational Control to Protect Retinal Ganglion Cells |
| Kord Ali, Mohammad Sadegh | LMP | Schuurmans, Carol | Optimizing adeno-associated virus delivery of reprogramming factors for retinal repair |
| LeCLair, Matthew | PSL | Monnier, Philippe | Physiology |
| Lee, Jaeeun | LMP | Wallace, Valerie | Experimental tool to restore sight |
| Mehta, Maanik | IMS | Vincent, Ajoy | Hereditary macular dystrophy, animal modeling, lipid metabolism, ocular genetics |
| Minamisono, Ren | LMP | Schuurmans, Carol | Photoreceptor differentiation, retinal glycolysis, Wnt signaling, PTEN pathway, regenerative strategies for vision restoration |
| Rutherford, Xavier | LMP | Singh, Karun | Retina |
| Waul, Lacey | PSL | Monnier, Philippe | Tissue specific molecular regulation of retinal angiogenesis |