Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Ou Tan

Oregon Health & Science University, Department: Ophthalmology

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Optovue, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Other : Exclusively licensed technology, through institution (OHSU considers this an SFI)

Please see uploaded pdf

Listed Research Project
Functional and Structural Optical Coherence Tomography for Glaucoma

PROJECT NARRATIVE Optical coherence tomography is a high-resolution imaging technology that can non-invasively measure both the eye structures and small blood vessels that are damaged by glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. The proposed research will further improve this technology so that it can provide detailed measurement over wider areas inside the eye, detect earlier stages of glaucoma, evaluate the location and severity of glaucoma damage, monitor disease progression, and provide more timely assessment of the effectiveness of therapy. A goal of this project is to determine if this objective imaging technology can provide information that is equivalent to or better than subjective visual field testing, which though time-consuming and poorly reliable, is the current gold standard for long-term monitoring and management of glaucoma.

Filed on September 26, 2017.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $20,000 - $39,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $0 - $4,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $0 - $4,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue, Inc. $0 - $4,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $0 - $4,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $0 - $4,999
Ou Tan Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Optovue $0 - $4,999
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