Research Prizes



The Eye Institute-Pfizer Research Prizes


The Eye Institute-Pfizer Research Prizes (formerly known as The Eye Institute-Pharmacia Research Prizes) were created to encourage and recognise eye research and publication. The prizes are awarded annually based on scientific publications in the preceding year and are open to all staff and collaborators of The Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group. The prizes are supported by a generous annual grant from Pfizer Singapore Pte Ltd.

Winners of the 2004 The Eye Institute-Pfizer Research Prizes
Prize Winner Co-author(s) Journal Institutions
A) Best Original Paper Andrew Carkeet1 Seo-Wei Leo, 2, 3
Boo-Kian Khoo, 3
Kah-Guan Au Eong 3, 4
Modulation Transfer Functions in Children: Pupil Size Dependence and Meridional Anisotropy 1Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore
2Department of Ophthalmology, Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
3The Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group, Singapore
4Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
B) Outstanding Original Paper Gus Gazzard1, 2, 3, 4 David S. Friedman, 4, 5
Joe G. Devereux, 2
Paul Chew, 6, 7, 8
Steve K. L. Seah 1, 4
A Prospective Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Evaluation of Changes in Anterior Segment Morphology after Laser Iridotomy in Asian Eyes 1Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
2Institute of Ophthalmology, London, England
3Glaucoma Research Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England
4Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore
5Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
6National University of Singapore, Singapore
7Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore
8The Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group, Singapore

C) Best Case Report/Small
Case Series
Yip Chee Chew1,2 Robert C. Kersten, 3
Timothy J. McCulley, 3
Edgar T. Ballard, 4
Dwight R. Kulwin, 3
Isolated unilateral neurogenic blepharoptosis secondary to eyelid trauma 1Department of Ophthalmology, Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
2The Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group, Singapore
3The Cincinnati Eye Institute and The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, Ohio
4Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
D) Best Review Paper/Book
Chapter
Noor Shabana1,2 Valerie Cornilleau Peres, 2, 3 Andrew Carkeet, 2
Paul Chew 1, 4, 5
Motion Perception in Glaucoma Patients: A Review 1Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore
3Image Processing and Application Laboratory, CNRS, Singapore
4Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore
5The Eye Institute, National Healthcare Group, Singapore

 

Winners of the 2003 The Eye Institute-Pfizer Research Prizes
Prize Winner Co-author(s) Journal Institutions
A) Best Original Paper Tin Aung1, 2 Paul T K Chew,1, 3
Francis T S Oen,2
Yiong-Huak Chan,4
Lennard H Thean,3
Leonard Yip,5
Boon-Ang Lim,2
Steve K L Seah2
Additive effect of unoprostone and latanoprost in patients with elevated intraocular pressure 1Department of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore
2Singapore National Eye Centre
3Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital
4Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit
5Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
B) Outstanding Original Paper Kah-Guan Au Eong1, 2 Gildo Y. Fujii,2
Eugene de Juan, Jr.,2
Patrick S. Jensen,2
Drew N. Sommerville,2
Terry H. Shelley,2
Aaron C. Barnes,2
Mauricio Maia,2
A new three-port cannular system for closed pars plana vitrectomy 1Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Alexandra Hospital
2Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
C) Best Case Report/Small
Case Series
Timothy J. McCulley1 Robert C. Kersten,1
Chee-Chew Yip,2,3
Dwight R. Kulwin,1
Isolated unilateral neurogenic blepharoptosis secondary to eyelid trauma 1The Barrett's Centre, Ohio, USA
2Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
3Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Alexandra Hospital
D) Best Review Paper/Book
Chapter
Kah-Guan Au Eong1, 2 Julia A. Haller2 Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration and choroidal neovascularisation 1Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Alexandra Hospital
2Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

 
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