Research funding & Awards
Since many years, the DOG-Science Award for Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH is granted by the German Society of Ophthalmology (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft e.V. - DOG) in cooperation with the Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists (Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e.V. - BVA).
The award is granted for outstanding clinical and basic scientific work on dry eye and blepharitis/meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
2024
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. Helena Siegel (Freiburg)
For her work:
The Potential Role of SP-Gas Surface Tension Regulator in Tear Film: From Molecular Simulations to Experimental Observations
and
Dr. Joana Marie Witt (Düsseldorf)
For her work:
Enhancement of lacrimal gland cell function by decellularized lacrimal gland derived hydrogel
2023
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
PD Dr. Martin Schicht (Erlangen)
For his work:
The Potential Role of SP-Gas Surface Tension Regulator in Tear Film: From Molecular Simulations to Experimental Observations.
2022
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. Asif Khan Setu (Cologne)
for the paper:
Deep learning-based automatic meibomian gland segmentation and morphology assessment in infrared meibography
2021
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. med. Alexander C. Rokohl
for the paper:
Dry Anophthalmic Socket Syndrome
and
awarded to:
Mr. PD Dr. Martin Schicht
for the paper:
SFTA3-a novel surfactant protein of the ocular surface and its role in corneal wound healing and tear film surface tension".
2020
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
PD Dr. Ulrike Hampel (Mainz)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Schuster (Mainz)
For the
Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) conducted at the University Hospital Mainz: Verteilung des Tränenvolumens gemessen mit dem Schirmer-Test mit Anästhesie (Distribution of tear volume measured with the Schirmer test with anesthesia).
2019
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
Awarded to:
Ms. Jana Dietrich (Oldenburg).
For the papers:
- Mausmodell mit Trockenem Auge (Mouse model with dry eye)
- Isolation, Charakterisierung und Sekretom-Analyse von mesenchymalen Stammzellen der Tränendrüse (Isolation, characterization and secretome analysis of mesenchymal stem cells of the lacrimal gland)
2018
Not awarded
2017
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. rer. nat. Uta Gehlsen (Cologne)
for the paper:
A semifluorinated alkane (F4H5) as novel carrier for Cyclosporine A: A promising therapeutic and prophylactic option for topical treatment of dry eye
2016
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
PD Dr. Philipp Steven (Cologne)
for the paper:
Meibography and meibomian gland measurement in ocular graft-versus-host disease.
and
awarded to:
Dr. Martin Schicht (Erlangen)
for the paper:
Palate Lung Nasal Clone (Plunc), a Novel Protein of the Tear Film: Three dimensional Structure, Immune Activation, and Involvement in dry Eye (Disease (EDE).
2015
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. Julia Dieckow (Leipzig)
for the paper:
Loss of CD147 results in impairment epithelial cell differentiation and malformation of the meibomian gland.
and
awarded to:
Dr. Bernhard Steger (Innsbruck/Austria)
For the paper:
And In vivo confocal microscopic characterisation of the cornea in chronic graft-versus-host disease related serve dry eye disease.
2014
DOG Science Award Dry Eye and Blepharitis/MGD
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. David Finis (Düsseldorf)
for the paper:
Evaluation of an Automated Thermodynamic Treatment (LipiFlow) System for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Prospective, Randomized, Observer-masked Trial.
and
awarded to:
Dr. Uta Gehlsen / Sebastian Siebelmann (Cologne, Germany)
for the paper:
Development, Alteration and Real Time Dynamics of Conjuntiva Associated Lymphoid Tissue.
2013
Research grant "Dysfunction of the meibomian glands and ocular surface".
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. Ulrike Hampel (Erlangen)
for the paper:
Impact of Meibomian gland derived resolvin D1 on the treatment of dry eye disease.
2012
not awarded
2011
not awarded
2010
not awarded
2009
Research grant from DOG and BVA for innovative scientific projects on meibomian gland control
sponsored by Optima Pharmazeutische GmbH
awarded to:
Dr. med. Giulia Renieri/Mainz
for the paper:
"New diagnostic possibilities for ocular pemphigoid".
Research Award 2009 in cooperation with the Deutschen Uveitis Arbeitsgemeinschaft (German Uveitis Association, DUAG)
2008
Research Award 2008 in cooperation with the Deutschen Uveitis Arbeitsgemeinschaft (German Uveitis Association, DUAG)