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Abdelhakim Morsy, MD, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

amorsy@augusta.edu

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Yusra Zaidi, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

yzaidi@augusta.edu

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Daphne Pineda, MD

  • Neonatology Fellow

dpineda@augusta.edu

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Valerie Harris

  • Research Associate

vaharris@augusta.edu

Lab Member News & Awards

2025

Jul 14, 2025FOX 54 News

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) 鈥 The Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. presented a $90,000 research grant to Dr. Yusra Zaidi of 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Vascular Biology Center during a ceremony held Wednesday morning. The presentation took place at 11 a.m. near the university鈥檚 research facilities, highlighting the ongoing efforts to combat childhood vision loss and support groundbreaking science in Georgia. The grant supports Dr. Zaidi鈥檚 proposal titled 鈥淓xogenous Apolipoprotein A1 Mitigates Inflammation and Pathological Neovascularization in the Model of Retinopathy of Prematurity,鈥 which focuses on preventing infant blindness through innovative molecular approaches.

 

2024

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Conference, held May 5, 2024

Yusra Zaidi, PhD, received the ARVO Foundation Travel Grant for the highest-scored abstract at the, in Seattle, for the project title 鈥淟oss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation鈥

Arco Foundation Travel Grant
Travel Grant Awardees Arvo 2024

 

3rd Annual Savannah River Eye Meeting held March 13, 2024 
Yusra Zaidi, PhD,
received the Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Award  for project title 鈥淟oss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation鈥

VDI Savannah Eye research meeting award
VDI Savannah Eye research meeting award

38thAnnual Graduate Research Dayevents held March 7 & 8, 2024
Yusra Zaidi, PhD. received the Postdoctoral Fellow Oral Presentation Award for project title "Loss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation鈥

Yusra Zaidi, PhD
Yusra Zaidi, PhD

2021

Congratulations!  Dr. Tritz.

Tritz Graduate photo with family

 

Rebekah Tritz successfully defends her Thesis 鈥淟everaging the Bioenergetic Profile in Neurofibromatosis Type 1鈥 

Rebekah Tritz

 

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