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Miho Nozaki

A native of Japan, Nozaki graduated from Nagoya City University Medical School in Nagoya, Japan. She also holds a doctorate in ophthalmology from Nagoya City University. Prior to her June 2004 arrival at UK, Nozaki was a practicing ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon in Japan.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 17, 2005) -- Dr. Miho Nozaki, postdoctoral scholar in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious grant by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Japan National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Nozaki, who specializes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) research, will use the $16,000 grant to fund a project titled “ Proteome Mapping of Cc12-/ and Ccr2-/- Mouse Models of AMD.” She is a key part of UK’s macular degeneration research team led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, associate professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Department of Physiology.

“I am pursuing my research interests as part of my medical career,” said Nozaki. “We hope to discover a new therapeutic target for AMD. The techniques for vitreoretinal surgery have improved nowadays, and the therapeutic strategies for many vitreoretinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, and retinal vein occlusion have been established. But for AMD, we still are looking for the conclusive therapy.”

A native of Japan, Nozaki graduated from Nagoya City University Medical School in Nagoya, Japan. She also holds a doctorate in ophthalmology from Nagoya City University. Prior to her June 2004 arrival at UK, Nozaki was a practicing ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon in Japan.

For more information about ophthalmologic research and care at the University of Kentucky, contact the UK Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.