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News & Updates


Journal cover
Our comprehensive review of ocular emulsion drug formulations was selected for the cover of Pharmaceutics !
Dec 23, 2025
Welcome new students
We're pleased to welcome new PhD students Yue Dai and Manu Kattimani, new MD/MEng student Eleen Yang, and welcome back undergraduate...
Sep 8, 2025
Grad Student Awards
Congratulations to our grad students on a great week for awards: Vision Science Research Program awards for Amir Afsharpour and Mohammed...
Jul 16, 2025


PhD Congratulations
Gabby Hartman successfully defended her PhD
Mar 29, 2025


Two new publications
Congratulations to Gabby, Anbu, and great collaborators for exciting publications defining the role of Ref-1 in neovascular eye diseases:...
Feb 8, 2025


New RRF Grant
The lab is honoured to receive renewal funding for the Joe M. and Eula C. Lawrence Research Project from the Retina Research Foundation
Jan 16, 2025


ARVO Fellow
Tim is named a Class of 2025 Silver Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Nov 6, 2024


CTV Interview
Tim discusses eye health with Anne-Marie Mediwake on CTV Your Morning: https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c3012676-increase-of-nearsightedness-...
Oct 17, 2024


New grant funding
The lab receives a John R. Evans Leaders Fund grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation
Oct 2, 2024


Lab member in the News
Suman is profiled by our Faculty's news team: https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announcements/how-migraines-led-pharmsci-student-purs...
Sep 15, 2024


Welcome new lab members!
With the new school year, we're pleased to welcome PhD student Mohammed Chhipa, MSc students Suman Birdee and Amir Afsharpour, Pharm Chem...
Sep 3, 2024


Lab excursion
What better place to take new lab members than Niagara Falls?
Jun 22, 2024


Welcome Summer Students
We welcome Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Program Students Suman Birdee (not pictured) and Luisa Gerhard, and University of...
Jun 1, 2024


ARVO 2024
Flying into Seattle for the ARVO Annual Meeting.
May 5, 2024


Up and Running
After relocating from Indiana University School of Medicine, we are excited to have our lab ready to go at the Leslie Dan Faculty of...
May 1, 2024


Lab move in progress
Shipping complete and setup underway in our Toronto lab.
Apr 17, 2024
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