Research Group

The ProgStar study was comprised of nine international research centers, as well as administrative offices, data resource centers, and affiliated centers. Please be aware that addresses and contact information shown below were provided in 2015, and may have changed since then.

If the links below are no longer working and you cannot find the person you are looking for via other search methods, please contact the principal ProgStar investigator HPN Scholl.

Administrative

Chair’s Office

Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1800 Orleans Street,
748 Maumenee Building
Baltimore, MD 21287

Insitution Contacts

Hendrik Scholl, MD, MA

Study Chair, Principal Investigator
Rupert Strauss, MD

Co-Investigator

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Clinical Research Institute
7168 Columbia Gateway Drive - Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046

Insitution Contacts

Patricia Zilliox, MD, PharmD

Chief Drug Development Officer

Janet Cheetham, Pharm D

Resource Centers

Central Reading Center

Doheny Image Reading Center
Doheny Eye Institute
1450 San Pablo St, DEI-3603
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Insitution Contacts

Michael S. Ip, MD

Medical Director

Anamika Jha

Project Manager

Data Coordinating Center

Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 North Wolfe Street - Wilmer Suite 122
Baltimore, MD 21287-9019

Insitution Contacts

Sheila West, PhD, PharmD

Director
Ann-Margret Ervin, PhD, MPH

Co-Director

Jennifer Jones

DCC Coordinator

Clinical Centers

Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland

Center for Genetic Eye Diseases
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195

Insitution Contacts

Elias Traboulsi, MD

Principal Investigator

Meghan Marino, MS, LGC

Coordinator

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Physician's Pavilion West
6569 N. Charles Street - Suite 504
Towson, MD 21204

Insitution Contacts

Janet Sunness, MD

Principal Investigator

Carol Applegate, MLA, COT

Coordinator

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

162 City Road
London EC1V 2PD
United Kingdom

Insitution Contacts

Michel Michaelides, MD, BS, FRCOphth

Principal Investigator
Rupert Strauss, MD

Co-Investigator
Simona Esposti

Co-investigator

Jade Barnfield

Coordinator

Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City

University of Utah
65 N Mario Capecchi Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84132

Insitution Contacts

Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

Kim Wegner, BS

Coordinator

Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas

9600 N Central Expy - Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75231

Insitution Contacts

David Birch, PhD

Principal Investigator
Yi-Zhong Wang, PhD

Co-Investigator

Paulina Mejia

Coordinator

Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Insitution Contacts

Artur Cideciyan, PhD

Principal Investigator
Samuel Jacobson, MD, PhD

Co-Investigator

Sharon Wolfe-Schwartz

Coordinator

The Vision Institute, Paris

17 rue Moreau
Paris, 75012
France

Insitution Contacts

José-Alain Sahel, MD

Principal Investigator
Isabelle Audo, MD, PhD

Co-Investigator
Saddek Mohand-Said, MD, PhD

Co-Investigator
Caroline Laurent-Coriat, MD

Co-Investigator
Ieva Sliesoraityte, MD

Co-investigator
Christina Zeitz, PhD

Co-investigator
Fiona Boyard

Co-investigator

Minh Ha Tran

Coordinator

University of Tübingen

STZ eyetrial am Department für Augenheilkunde
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 7
72076 Tübingen

Insitution Contacts

Eberhart Zrenner, PhD

Principal Investigator
Gesa Astrid Hahn, MD

Co-Investigator
Tobias Peters, MD

Co-Investigator
Fadi Nasser, MD, OPH

Co-Investigator
Barbara Wilhelm, MD

Co-Investigator

Benjamin Beier

Coordinator

Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore

The Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1800 Orleans Street,
748 Maumenee Building
Baltimore, MD 21287

Insitution Contacts

Hendrik Scholl, MD, MA

Study Chair, Principal Investigator
Yulia Wolfson, MD

Co-Investigator
Mohamed Ahmed, MD

Coordinator
Etienne Schonbach, MD

Co-investigator

Mohamed Ahmed, MD

Coordinator

Affiliated Centers

Japan Eye Genetics Consortium

National Institute of Sensory Organs,
National Hospital Organization,
Tokyo Medical Centre,
2-5-1, Higashigaoka,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo,
152-8902,
Japan

Insitution Contacts

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Principal Investigator

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Principal Investigator

National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Centre

2-5-1, Higashigaoka,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo,
152-8902,
Japan

Insitution Contacts

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Principal Investigator

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Principal Investigator

Administrative

Insitution Contacts

Hendrik Scholl, MD, MA

Rupert Strauss, MD

Insitution Contacts

Patricia Zilliox, MD, PharmD

Janet Cheetham, Pharm D

Resource Centers

Insitution Contacts

Michael S. Ip, MD

Anamika Jha

Insitution Contacts

Sheila West, PhD, PharmD

Ann-Margret Ervin, PhD, MPH

Jennifer Jones

Clinical Centers

Insitution Contacts

Elias Traboulsi, MD

Meghan Marino, MS, LGC

Insitution Contacts

Janet Sunness, MD

Carol Applegate, MLA, COT

Insitution Contacts

Michel Michaelides, MD, BS, FRCOphth

Rupert Strauss, MD

Simona Esposti

Jade Barnfield

Insitution Contacts

Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD

Kim Wegner, BS

Insitution Contacts

David Birch, PhD

Yi-Zhong Wang, PhD

Paulina Mejia

Insitution Contacts

Artur Cideciyan, PhD

Samuel Jacobson, MD, PhD

Sharon Wolfe-Schwartz

Insitution Contacts

José-Alain Sahel, MD

Isabelle Audo, MD, PhD

Saddek Mohand-Said, MD, PhD

Caroline Laurent-Coriat, MD

Ieva Sliesoraityte, MD

Christina Zeitz, PhD

Fiona Boyard

Minh Ha Tran

Insitution Contacts

Eberhart Zrenner, PhD

Gesa Astrid Hahn, MD

Tobias Peters, MD

Fadi Nasser, MD, OPH

Barbara Wilhelm, MD

Benjamin Beier

Insitution Contacts

Hendrik Scholl, MD, MA

Yulia Wolfson, MD

Mohamed Ahmed, MD

Etienne Schonbach, MD

Mohamed Ahmed, MD

Affiliated Centers

Insitution Contacts

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Insitution Contacts

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D

Kaoru Fujinami, MD, Ph.D