Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Ethnically Diverse Australia: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Liubov D Robman; Fakir MA Islam; Elaine WT Chong; Madeleine KM Adams; Julie A Simpson; Khin Zaw Aung; Galina A Makeyeva; John L Hopper; Dallas R English; Graham G Giles; Paul N Baird; Robyn H Guymer

Journal article

Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Ethnically Diverse Australia: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Liubov D Robman, Fakir MA Islam, Elaine WT Chong, Madeleine KM Adams, Julie A Simpson, Khin Zaw Aung, Galina A Makeyeva, John L Hopper, Dallas R English, Graham G Giles, Paul N Baird, Robyn H Guymer

Ophthalmic Epidemiology | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2015.1010688

University of Melbourne Researchers

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Paul Baird Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

Dallas English Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Robyn Guymer Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

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Grants

Awarded by National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Awarded by NHMRC

Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Grant

Funding Acknowledgements

Cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and The Cancer Council Victoria. Further MCCS funding: the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) Program Grant 209057, Capacity Building Grant 251533 and Enabling Grant 396414. The ophthalmic component was funded by the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia; American Health Assistance Foundation, Jack Brockhoff Foundation, John Reid Charitable Trust, Perpetual Trustees and Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. People support was provided through the NHMRC Career Development (300052) and Practitioner (529905) Fellowships to RHG, Wagstaff Fellowship to LR, NHMRC PhD scholarship (590226) and Hugh Noel Puckle Scholarship to MA, NHMRC Senior Research Fellowships to PNB (1028444) and JH (1023434), and Novartis Medical Retinal Fellowship to EC. Centre for Eye Research Australia is a recipient of the NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Grant 529923 and Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government. The funding organizations did not have any involvement in study design and data collection, analysis or interpretation.