The Spanish Aniridia Association provides annual Awards to Aniridia Research in the frame of the Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society. Here is the Record of Research Awards:
2005 AWARD FOR THE BEST POSTER ON CORNEA TREATMENT IN CONGENITAL ANIRIDIA
“Therapeutic options in Congenital Aniridia” Dr. Fabiano Brandao, Barraquer Opthtahlmology Centre, was awarded by the Spanish Aniridia Association, as the best poster in the frame of the 81º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society (SEO) in Zaragoza. The poster “Therapeutic option in Congenital Aniridia” was about IOL Morcher adaptation in surgical intervention in aniridia patients.
2006 AWARD FOR THE BEST RESEARCH STUDY ON CORNEA TREATMENT IN ANIRIDIA PATIENTS
“Ocular Surface management in Aniridia patients”.
Dr. José Santiago López and Dr. Luis Rivas and Dr. Isabel García were awarded, as the best research study, for their study “Ocular Surface management in aniridia patients”, in the frame of the 82º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society (SEO) in La Coruña.
2007 AWARD FOR THE BEST POSTER ON GLAUCOMA IN ANIRIDIA PATIENTS
The poster “Glaucoma in Aniridia patients” by Dr. Fabiano Brandao and Dr. García Barberán was awarded as the best oster in the frame of 83º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society SEO. Gran Canaria.
2008 AWARD FOR THE BEST RESEACH STUDY ON ANIRIDIA.
In the frame of the 84º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society SEO 2008 the Spanish Guidelines for the Management of Congenital Aniridia was offially presented
2009 AWARD FOR THE BEST POSTER ON ANIRIDIA RESEACH
”The Genetic Study in Families Affected by Aniridia” by Dr. Cristina Valverde Montero and the Genetic Unit team of Jiménez Díaz Foundation, was awarded as the best poster on aniridia research.
2010 AWARD FOR THE BEST FREE COMMUNICATION WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIRIDIA AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.
The communication of the team, chaired by Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Muñoz Negrete and presented by Dr. HR Won Kim, Dr. E Jarrín, Dr. L. Rivas and Dr. G Rebolleda, all of them at the Ophtthalmology Dep. at Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, was awarded in the frame of the 86º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society
2011 AWARD FOR THE BEST POSTER ON ANIRIDIA RESEARCH
WAGR Syndrome. The poster on WAGR Syndrome by the team: Dr. Adriana Ivanesku, Dr. Carla Barreales, Dr.Marta Bové and Dr. María Antonia Ardanaz (Hospital Virgen del Camino Hospital in Pamplona) was awarded as the best poster in the frame of the 87º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society.
2012 AWARD FOR THE BEST POSTER ON ANIRIDIA AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS RESEARCH.
The researchers Prof. J. L. Alió, Dr. P. Casas-Llera, Dr. J.M. Ruiz-Moreno and Dr. A. Siverio were awarded by their poster on aniridia reseach in the frame of the 89º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society.
2013 AWARD TO THE BEST RESEARCH STUDY ON CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH ABOUT DIFFERENT PROBLEMS FACED BY ANIRIDIA AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS..
The researchers Prof. Miguel A. Teus and Dr. Javier Paz were awarded as the best research study in the frame of the 89º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society.
2015 AWARD FOR THE BEST RESEARCH STUDY.
“Use of CGH arrays for delections study in 11p13 chromosomic region in Aniridia patients and related conditions” by Dr. Marta Corton, together with Dr. Fiona Blanco-Kelly and other reearchers from Research Institute-Jiménez Díaz Foundación in Madrid, were awarded in the frame of the 91º Congress of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society, as the best poster/communication on Aniridia Research.
2016 AWARD FOR THE BEST RESEARCH STUDY.
“HISTOPATHOLOGY FINDINGS OF CORNEAL BUTTONS IN CONGENITAL ANIRIDIA PATIENTS”, Montserrat Bausili, Batrraquer University Institute, Autonomous Universiiy Barcelona, Barraquer Ophthalmology Centre.
