All glaucoma

September 13, 2021

UIC researchers find evidence of possible link between herpes simplex and neurodegenerative diseases

First of its kind study finds protein may restrict the spread of the herpes simplex virus type 1

Sarita Deshpande

March 23, 2017

Bioengineering student awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Sarita Deshpande to study glaucoma, mechanisms for cell death

close-up of the iris of an eye

October 21, 2015

For Latinos, African ancestry adds to risk of glaucoma

Search on to identify individual genes for eye condition

John Hetling

September 24, 2013

Early diagnostic tool for glaucoma to prevent blindness

Researchers develop diagnostic contact lens

November 13, 2012

Glaucoma Specialist Named Head of Ophthalmology at UIC

Dr. Rohit Varma, a leading eye specialist and epidemiologist at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, has been named head of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees.