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Archives: Freya Mowat

January 28, 2019

Mowat Earns NIH Career Grant for Innovative Eye Research

Freya Mowat, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the prestigious National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Career Development Award in support of her work developing new treatments for animal and human eye diseases. The four-year, $640,000 grant supports clinician-scientist Mowat’s long-term career goals in comparative
April 27, 2018

New Study Aims to Combat Blindness in the Endangered Red Wolf

A new research project at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine could make a vital impact on the survival of the critically endangered American red wolf. Only about 40 of the wolves live in the wild, all in North Carolina. Principal investigator Freya Mowat, CVM assistant professor of ophthalmology, has received a grant to
February 7, 2016

Red Wolves May Help Understanding of Human Eye Disease

Careful work with red wolf reintroduction efforts may help us better understand an array of eye diseases that affect as many as 1.8 million people in the United States...
Veterinarian examines eye on a black dog
January 3, 2016

New Research Study Focuses on Mysterious Eye Disease in Dogs

SARDS is an ocular disease that damages the rods and cones within the retina of an affected dog’s eyes. The retina degenerates and the result is complete blindness. Why this happens and how to prevent it are questions...