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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Corey Smith is the recipient of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences New Faculty Research Grant.

Dr. Smith is leading a project entitled “Identification of Imaging Biomarkers for Early Detection of Age-Related Macular Degeneration”. The purpose of this project is to use ophthalmic imaging technology (optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microperimetry) to identify early signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This longitudinal study will use high-resolution imaging protocols and 3D data analysis to measure localized structural (imaging biomarker) and functional (microperimetry) changes in the retina and provide new information about early-stage AMD with insight into what starts advanced disease in some individuals, but not others. This research is vitally important to better understand AMD pathogenesis and help determine which patients will need treatment. Dr. Smith hopes that his research will ensure existing clinical imaging devices are used to their full potential for patient care by developing clinically relevant protocols that can be used by ophthalmologists to identify imaging biomarkers predictive of AMD.

Dr. Corey Smith is an Assistant Professor and QEII Foundation Scholar in Retina Research with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University.