Research

Glaucoma Australia is a national not-for-profit association dedicated solely to providing educational services to raise awareness about the serious and common eye disease glaucoma; to support glaucoma sufferers and to raise funds for glaucoma research.

Supporting Australian glaucoma research is an important component of our work. Our William A Quinlivan – Glaucoma Australia Research and Scholarship Fund is concerned exclusively with:

• financing and facilitating RESEARCH into the cause, treatment and cure of glaucoma;
• financing SCHOLARSHIP in the study and medical practice of the ophthalmic specialisation GLAUCOMA.

It finances highly qualified clinicians, scientists and researchers who conduct glaucoma research and scholarships at various Australian universities and eye research institutions. In addition, the Fund financially supports the Chair of Glaucoma at the University of Melbourne.

Research award ceremony
L to R:  Assoc Prof Ivan Goldberg, Vice President, Glaucoma Australia;
Assoc Prof Robert Casson; Assoc Prof Jamie Craig; Beverley Lindsell, National Executive Officer, Prof Jonathan Crowston, Michael Braham, President, Glaucoma Australia.

To award grants, Glaucoma Australia works with The Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia’s (ORIA) Advisory Committee. The ORIA is the research arm of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologist.

The ORIA Advisory Committee consists of expert ophthalmologists and scientists that embrace all fields of ophthalmology and vision science. Glaucoma Australia’s council considers each of the top applications from the ORIA selection process. The procedure ensures that every application is given the highest independent consideration.

Listed below are some grant recipients:
Prof Minas T Coroneo, Dr Agar Ashish and Dr Mark Hill - The Effects of Pressure on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival In-Vitro

Prof Peter McCluskey, Alex Dempster, Prof ACB (Tony) Molteno, Prof Denis Wakefield - The Role of Matrix Metallooproteinases in the Development of Filtration Blebs following Molteno Valve Insertion

Prof David Mackey - The Twin Eye Studies in Tasmania to investigate genetic and environmental contributions to glaucoma and other eye diseases.

Prof Jonathan Crowston and Dr Paul Healey - Regulating wound healing after glaucoma filtration surgery by priming Tenon’s fibroblast for apoptosis.

Dr A. Martins, Prof Stuart Graham and Dr Alexander Klistorner - Spectral (Blue-Yellow) Objective Perimetry in Normal and Diseased States

Dr Colin I Clement - Hyperhomocystinaemia in Glaucoma

Mr Michael Ward, Assoc/Prof Ross McKinnon - Genetic determinants of beta-blocker eye drop efficacy in glaucoma patients

Assoc/Prof Jamie Craig and Dr Nick Voelcker - Miniaturised Implantable Sensors for Eye Pressure Measurement

Assoc/Professor Robert Casson - Bioenergetic-Based Neuroprotection for the Treatment of Retinal and Optic

Dr Kathryn Burdon - Genetic Investigations of Central Corneal Thickness in Relation to Blinding Glaucoma

Dr Glyn Chidlow & Assoc/Prof Robert Casson - The Role of Osteopontin in the Retina

Prof Jonathan Crowston & Dr Ian Trounce - Oxidative Phosphorylation defects and the optic nerve response to acute IOP injury in the xenomitochondrial mouse

Assoc/Prof Jamie Craig & Dr Alex Hewitt - Proteomic and Genomic Strategies to Identify the Molecular Basis of PEX

Dr John Wood & Dr Glyn Chidlow - The Role of Tau in Experimental Glaucoma

We invite you to be part of this important fund which supports Australian glaucoma research. Contributions to the William A Quinlivan – Glaucoma Australia Research and Scholarship Fund
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About William A Quinlivan:
Believing that Research and Scholarship gives hope for more effective treatment and the ultimate cure of glaucoma, this special fund was proposed and initially funded by Marcus Quinlivan OAM, the son of the late William A Quinlivan, in honour of his father.

William Alfred Quinlivan was born on 6th August 1883 at Myrtleford, Victoria. He served in the Australian Army (AIF) in World War 1 as a member of the 22nd Battalion and was involved in battles on the Western Front including major battles at Bullecourt and Villers-Bretonneux, where he was severely gassed and temporarily blinded. Eventually he returned to Australia where he continued to suffer from the effects of gas until his death at an early age in 1936.

William Quinlivan is remembered for his quiet sense of humour, his caring nature, his kindness and the practical help he gave underprivileged people particularly during the depression years of the 1930s. He was not backward in challenging injustice.