Collaborative Clinical Research

The NEI supports a broad range of basic and clinical research to:

• Test new agents, technologies and other interventions for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of eye diseases and/or improve vision-related quality of life
• Conduct population-based research to describe the prevalence of eye diseases across the life span and within and among divergent demographic groups
• Conduct studies to identify risk factors (both biological and social) for the development, persistence, and progression of eye diseases
• Conduct secondary data analyses utilizing existing database resources
• Conduct system-level health services research to improve vision health and/or reduce health disparities
• Develop new statistical methodology and tools appropriate for analyzing vision health data
• Develop new approaches to conducting clinical research studies including those that capitalize on point-of-care and electronic medical records
• Conduct research to develop nomenclature (e.g., common data elements) and quantitative methodologies to facilitate big data analytics