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With financial support from government and private sources, Dr.
Demer conducts several ongoing research projects including:
| 2001-2005 |
Principal Investigator, US Public Health Service
National Eye Institutes 1 ROI EY08313-11-15, "Biomechanical
Analysis in Strabismus Surgery." Study and mathematical
modeling of orbital biomechanics, magnetic resonance imaging,
and immunohistochemistry, with application to improved accuracy
of strabismus surgery. |
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| 2001-2005 |
Principal Investigator of Subcontract at UCLA,
US Public Health Service National Eye Institutes 1 ROI
EY13583-01-05, "Genetic and Anatomic Basis of the Fibrosis
Syndromes." Consortium with Boston Children's
Hospital/Harvard, Principal investigator Elizabeth Engle, MD.
Study by magnetic resonance imaging and clinical examinations of
the phenotypes of molecularly characterized forms of congenital
fibrosis of the extraocular muscles. |
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| 2002-2007 |
Project Director of Project 1, "New
Tests of Vestibular Function," and Core A. US Public Health
Service National Institute of Deafness and Communicative
Diseases 1 PO1 DC005224, "Diseases of the Vestibular System,"
multiproject grant under overall principal investigatorship of
Robert W. Balh, M.D. |
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| Dr. Joseph L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D., received the
Friedenwald Award for research from the Association fro Research
in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). The award was
presented by ARVO trustee Joel M. Miller, Ph.D., and ARVO past
president Gunter K. von Noorden, M.D. |
| Dr. Demer trains graduate students
in Neuroscience, Bioengineering, and Mechanical Engineering. |
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Additional information on
research |
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Recent Medical Scientific Publications of Joseph L. Demer, MD,
PhD |
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Demer, J. L. A 12 year, prospective
study of extraocular muscle imaging in complex strabismus. J.
AAPOS. 6: 337-47, 2003. |
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Demer, J. L., Kono, R., Wright, W.
Magnetic resonance imaging of human extraocular muscles in
convergence. J. Neurophysiol. 9: 2072-2085, 2003, (http://oculus.jsei.ucla.edu/Papers.htm). |
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Demer, J. L. Oh, S. Y., Clark, R.
A., and Poukens, V. Evidence for a pulley of the inferior
oblique muscle. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci,
44:3856-3865, 2003. |
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Kono, R. and Demer, J. L. Magnetic
resonance imaging of functional anatomy of the inferior oblique
muscle in superior oblique palsy. Ophthalmology
110:1219-1229, 2003. |
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Demer, J. L. Pivotal role of orbital connective
tissues in binocular alignment and strabismus. The
Friedenwald Lecture. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
(in press), 2004. |
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