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Ajoy Vincent

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ProfessorDepartment of OphthalmologyUniversity of Toronto

Ajoy Vincent

Professor

Department of Ophthalmology

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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40 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Retinal Pigment Epitheliopathy due to Sub-Optimal Recycling of Vitamin A (RESORVA): A Novel RDH11 -Related Phenotype.
Clinical genetics · 2026 · senior author
A novel phenotype-guided genome analysis pipeline for variant discovery.
NPJ genomic medicine · 2026 · senior author
Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna) for Biallelic RPE65–Associated Retinal Dystrophy: Systematic Review
American Journal of Ophthalmology · 2026

All 71 publications

Latest funding

Hub for integrated structural and functional assessment of retinal disease and therapeutic development
CFI · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,525,271

All 1 grants and awards

71 publications.

Retinal Pigment Epitheliopathy due to Sub-Optimal Recycling of Vitamin A (RESORVA): A Novel RDH11 -Related Phenotype.

Stephenson KAJ, Shao Z, Tumber A, Tavares E, Ahmed K, Higginbotham EJ, Marshall CR, Maynes JT, Rajala A, Rajala RVS, Héon E, Vincent A

Clinical genetics20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/cge.70128 PMID: 41459630

A novel phenotype-guided genome analysis pipeline for variant discovery.

Ahmed L, Tavares E, Li JM, Ahmed K, Mehta M, Eileen C, Ah-Sen G, Osman R, Green-Sanderson K, Dvaladze A, Nimmo G, Deshwar AR, Paton T, Casallo G, Marshall CR, Heon E, Vincent A

NPJ genomic medicine20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41525-026-00557-0 PMID: 41904215

Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna) for Biallelic RPE65–Associated Retinal Dystrophy: Systematic Review

Abu Bakar Butt, Michele Zaman, Andrew Mihalache, Sara KamaliZonouzi, Parsa Babaei Zadeh, Yaksh R. Shah, Marko M. Popovic, Peter J. Kertes, Brian G. Ballios, Ajoy Vincent, Élise Héon, Rajeev H. Muni, Radha P. Kohly

American Journal of Ophthalmology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2026.08.043 PMID: 42674265

A novel humanized mouse model exhibits neurobehavioral impairments and recapitulates key neuropathological features of infantile Tay-Sachs disease

Lujaina Elbakr, Georgiana Forguson, Hong Anh Truong, Joshua E. Hung, Wing Suen Chan, Dong-Kyu Kim, Reid A. Brewer, Sydney Steiman, Toan Q. Nguyen, Ajoy Vincent, Evgueni A. Ivakine

Journal of Neuroinflammation2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12974-026-03783-6 PMID: 41947150

Gene therapy outcomes in young patients with RPE65-retinal degeneration.

Stephenson KAJ, Alsalamah AK, Tumber A, Mercer GD, Ballios BG, Muni RH, Tavares E, Kertes PJ, Vincent A, Héon E

Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2026.01.016 PMID: 41679721

Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PYGM Impair Retinal Glycogenolysis Causing a Range of Phenotypes.

Hussein R, Tayyib A, Lin S, Parameswarappa D, Mehta M, Mohla A, Ahmed K, Tumber A, Tavares E, Schiff ER

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.67.11.18

An n-of-1 gene-directed drug repurposing trial for an ultrarare genetic condition.

Jha V, Tsetsos C, Bedford M, Costain G, Vohra S, Diaz Martinez JP, Heon E, Vorstman J, Gorodetsky C, Vincent A, Rapley J, Anderson L, Anagnostou E, Baribeau DA

Epilepsia2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/epi.70253 PMID: 41999155

Characteristic ocular features of pediatric patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Alsarhani WK, Alnabulsi R, AlAli A, Buncic JR, Vincent A, Mendoza R, O'Connor C, Ali A

Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2026.104853 PMID: 42103274

Impact of Early Intervention on the Developmental and Ocular Outcome of Patients With Cobalamin C Deficiency Identified Through Newborn Screening.

Reischl-Hajiabadi AT, Guilder L, Inbar-Feigenberg M, Aljouda L, Atkinson C, Cruz V, Martin N, Vincent A, Mamak E, Marcadier J, Schulze A

Journal of inherited metabolic disease2026

DOI: 10.1002/jimd.70162 PMID: 41728752

Missense variants in KATNA1 alter microtubule dynamics and underlie dominant macular dystrophy.

Kaminska K, Moye AR, Quinodoz M, Zehr EA, Aiteur A, Calzetti G, Barberán-Martínez P, Kuehlewein L, Bodenbender JP, Ehrenberg M, Khandhadia S, Zur D, Zayit-Soudry S, Barili V, Ambrosini E, Ottonelli G, Feliciano-Sánchez A, Müller I, Wallerich S, Galliker P, Moulin AP, Zuleger T, Haack TB, Wissinger B, Stingl K, García-García G, Menghini M, Vincent A, Héon E, Mahroo OA, Lotery AJ, Webster AR, Arno G, Millán JM, Ben-Yosef T, Michaelides M, Lin S, Kohl S, Roll-Mecak A, Tran HV, Rivolta C

Research square2026

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8880283/v1 PMID: 42466416

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Ajoy Vincent

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Retinal Pigment Epitheliopathy due to Sub-Optimal Recycling of Vitamin A (RESORVA): A Novel RDH11 -Related Phenotype.

A novel phenotype-guided genome analysis pipeline for variant discovery.

Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna) for Biallelic RPE65–Associated Retinal Dystrophy: Systematic Review

A novel humanized mouse model exhibits neurobehavioral impairments and recapitulates key neuropathological features of infantile Tay-Sachs disease

Gene therapy outcomes in young patients with RPE65-retinal degeneration.

Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PYGM Impair Retinal Glycogenolysis Causing a Range of Phenotypes.

An n-of-1 gene-directed drug repurposing trial for an ultrarare genetic condition.

Characteristic ocular features of pediatric patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Impact of Early Intervention on the Developmental and Ocular Outcome of Patients With Cobalamin C Deficiency Identified Through Newborn Screening.

Missense variants in KATNA1 alter microtubule dynamics and underlie dominant macular dystrophy.

Hub for integrated structural and functional assessment of retinal disease and therapeutic development

Frequent collaborators

Elise Heon

Erika Tavares

Jason Maynes

Matteo DiScipio

Asim Ali

Peter Kertes

Christian Marshall

Birgit Ertl-Wagner

Peter Kannu

Andreas Schulze

Robert Koenekoop

Greg Costain

Gregory Costain

Evgueni Ivakine

Arun Reginald

Grace Yoon

Carolina Gorodetsky

Berge Minassian

Danielle Baribeau

Ashwin Mallipatna

Mark Tarnopolsky

Thomas Wright

Jenny Garkaby

Caberry Yu

Jennifer Stinson