UD doctoral student Salma Al Saai conducts genetic research on the cause of congenital cataracts.

UD doctoral student Salma Al Saai won a scholarship from Fight For Sight, an organization supporting eye and vision research, to continue her research on cataracts. Al Saai is focused on the genetic causes of cataracts in children less than one year old, which are more difficult to remove than cataracts that develop in adulthood.