Dr. Edmund Tsui from Stein Eye Institute Awarded $70,000 Knight Templar Eye Foundation Grant for Pediatric Anterior Uveitis Research

Dr. Edmund Tsui from the Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA was awarded a $70,000 grant for the research entitled: Discovery of quantitative imaging biomarkers in pediatric anterior uveitis.

Anterior uveitis (inflammation in the front of the eye) is the most common form of uveitis in children. Uveitis can lead to vision loss and blindness. Careful and frequent monitoring of inflammation is necessary to prevent blindness in children. Dr. Tsui’s aim is to improve the detection and monitoring of inflammation in children with anterior uveitis so that measurements of inflammation can be more accurate and reproducible for monitoring disease. He will use special instruments called anterior segment optical coherence tomography and laser flare photometry to quantify inflammation inside the eye and identify risk factors leading to vision loss.

This approach is quick and may be more tolerable for children. His research will lead to improved detection and monitoring of inflammation inside the eye resulting in earlier treatment, which will improve children’s long-term vision outcomes and quality of life.