University of Michigan eye researcher Tom Gardner, MD, has been named scholar at Taubman Institute, according to a news release.
He was named the first Healthy Eyes Taubman Scholar by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the U-M Medical School and JDRF, which works to find cures and treatments for type 1 diabetes.
JDRF and the Taubman Institute will support a three-year grant for Dr. Gardner to study novel treatments and biomarkers for diabetic retinopathy. He will receive funding of $150,000 per year for three years.
Dr. Gardner is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and molecular and integrative physiology at the U-M Kellogg Eye Center. He is also the director of the JDRF Diabetic Retinopathy Center.
Dr. Gardner earned his MD from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and performed his residency in ophthalmology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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