Christopher Girkin
Interim Chair, Department of Ophthalmology · University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
PresentDepartment of Ophthalmology · University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
1994–1997- 1993–1994
Preliminary or Transitional Year
1989–1993
Research
The African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): design and baseline data
Archives of Ophthalmology · 2009 · 312 citations
Reproducibility of nerve fiber layer thickness measurements by use of optical coherence tomography
Ophthalmology · 2000 · 283 citations
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2011 · 233 citations
139 papers
131 papers
52 papers · 1 as a fellow
28 papers
22 papers · 2 as a fellow
21 papers
14 papers
14 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
RFA-DP-24-081 Implementing AI-Based Glaucoma Screening Within Federally Qualified Health Centers
NCCDPHP · U01
PI · $750K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2023–2028
National Eye Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.2M · University of California, San Diego
- 2018–2024
Determinants of the Biomechanical Behavior of the Human Lamina Cribrosa
National Eye Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2017–2022
National Eye Institute · R01
PI · $2.6M · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Clinical trials
- 2020–2024
Providing Financial Incentives to Improve Adherence to Referral Eye Care Visits
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2005–2008
Determinants of Compliance With Glaucoma Therapy
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Alabama at Birmingham