Research
The Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary maintains a tradition of excellence in collaborative and interdisciplinary vision science research and is dedicated to understanding, treating and preventing blinding eye disease.
in US Ophthalmology Departments for NIH Funding, with faculty ranked #9, #14, and #18 in Individual NIH Funding Nationwide.
Rankings from The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
The Department’s National Eye Institute Core Grant for Vision Research is the second-longest, continually funded NEI core grant in the nation – first awarded in 1978.
Our research contributes to a greater understanding of the visual process and the causes of vision loss. Investigations are laboratory- and patient -based, ranging from studies of single molecules and their role in the visual process to evaluations of rehabilitation therapy for people living with impaired vision. The basic sciences represented in the Department include cell and molecular biology, chemistry and biochemistry, electrophysiology, immunology, microbiology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, pharmacology, genomics, physics, physiology and psychophysics. Vision research is supported by many sponsored programs, including a Core Grant for Vision Research and a Clinician Scientist Training Grant both from the National Eye Institute.
Research Centers

Lions of Illinois Eye Research Institute
LIERILions of Illinois Eye Research Institute
Location
1905 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607

Ophthalmic Clinical Trials and Translational Center
OCTTCOphthalmic Clinical Trials and Translational Center
Location
1855 W. Taylor Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60612

Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology Center
Ai-OArtificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology Center
Location
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
2nd Floor
1855 W Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612

Illinois Center for Ophthalmic Drug & Diagnostic Development
ICOD3Illinois Center for Ophthalmic Drug & Diagnostic Development
Location
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
1855 W Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612
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