Joint Research to Prevent Blindness & American Academy of Ophthalmology Award for IRIS Registry Research 2025

Description

The American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research In Sight) is the largest single-specialty medical database in the world (learn more about IRIS Registry). Latest IRIS Registry participation numbers show that there are: -

15,037 physicians contracted to integrate with electronic health records from 2,792 practices
649.0 million patient visits
78.8 million unique patients

The IRIS Registry is a unique resource for the evaluation of critical questions in ophthalmology. IRIS Registry contains data on the following disease conditions to provide a few specific examples:

The rate of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery; the visual outcome of patients with endophthalmitis; and specific risk factors associated with developing endophthalmitis.
- The rate of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF injections across different agents, and the comparative effectiveness of these agents based on visual acuity outcomes.
- The prevalence of myopic choroidal neovascularization in the United States, based on both diagnostic code information and clinical data.
- The treatment patterns for patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization, including the visual acuity outcomes for those treated and those not treated

Please see aao.org/irisregistryresearch for the full list of publications to date

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2. Principal Investigator

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3. RPB and the Academy are committed to diversity, and, if relevant, encourages applicants to self-identify as an underrepresented minority as defined by the NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-031.html), if applicable. This information is totally voluntary.

4. Please provide a summary of principal investigator’s relevant experience (statistical background, experience with big data analytics, knowledge of SAS or other statistical program). *This question is required.

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6. Significance (limit 500 characters) - e.g., how is this question important to clinical practice and how would it change clinical practice for the better? *This question is required.

7. How is this research proposal innovative? (limit 500 characters) e.g., how does this study evaluate in a new way or differ than previous studies in some novel aim or approach? *This question is required.