Where Are They Now: Mike Sapieha — Bringing Innovation from the Bench to the Bedside for Aging Eye Diseases
Dr. Przemyslaw (Mike) Sapieha wants to move new discoveries from the lab bench to patients, where they can make a difference. And as the University of Montreal Endowed Chair in Translational Vision…
Dr. Mike Sapieha Wins Prestigious Cogan Award
Did you know that obesity is the second most important environmental risk factor for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)? At Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC), we are very proud to be funding Dr….
2024 in Review: A look back at the top stories of last year
From the passage of Canada’s National Strategy for Eye Care Act, to the world’s first eye transplant, to the approval of an FBC-funded clinical trial for a first-of-its-kind stem cell treatment, there’s…
Funding Results
Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is the largest charitable funder of vision research in Canada. On this page, you will find information on grants FBC has awarded since 2015. Jump to: Research Grants…
Research News
January 2025 Pre-clinical research testing gene editing therapies for PCDH15 (USH1F) and Rho The first gene replacement therapy for an inherited retinal disease (IRD), Luxturna to replace the RPE65 gene, has been…
Your Gut’s Influence on the Development of Blinding Eye Diseases
FBC-funded scientist Dr. Mike Sapieha is an associate professor at the University of Montreal. This year, he was the recipient of ARVO’s prestigious Cogan Award, which recognizes an outstanding researcher under the…
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