Research faculty

The research we do at Casey is conducted by a diverse group of health professionals whose multi-disciplinary backgrounds bring a wealth of information to the institute's resources. You can find individual faculty members by their specialty in the list below.

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Name	Research Interests	Category
Ted Acott, Ph.D. Research Professor	Glaucoma Molecular etiology of glaucoma	Basic
Grazyna Adamus, Ph.D. Professor	Inflammatory disease; Uveitis Paraneoplastic syndrome and autoimmunity	Basic, Translational
Daniel Albert, M.D., M.S. Professor	Ocular pathology, Oncology, Comparative ophthalmology	Clinical, Translational
Steven T. Bailey, M.D. Associate Professor	Retina Retinal disease, clinical trials, optical coherence tomorgraphy	Clinical Translational
J. Peter Campbell, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor	Retina Retinopathy of prematurity; imaging in vitreoretinal disease; public health	Clinical Translational
Winston Chamberlain, M.D. Ph.D Assistant Professor	Cornea Inflammatory response, laser methods	Clinical
Michael F. Chiang, M.D. Professor Lab website	Biomedical Informatics; Pediatrics Imaging, informatics, ROP	Translational, Clinical
Roger Dailey, M.D. Professor	Oculoplastics Endoscpic surgery, laser surgery Thyroid associated orbitopathy	Clinical
Beth Edmunds, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor	Glaucoma Glaucoma surgery, optic nerve	Clinical
Julie Falardeau, M.D. Associate Professor	Neuro-ophthalmology Imaging, optic neuritis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension	Clinical
Christina Flaxel, M.D. Professor	Retina Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy	Clinical
Frederick T. Fraunfelder, M.D. Professor	Cornea, Oncology Ocular pharmacology and toxicology	Clinical
William Hills, O.D., M.D. Associate Professor	Neuro-ophthalmology Clinical research, visual field defects	Clinical
David Huang, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Lab website	Cornea; Retina Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)	Translational, Clinical
Thomas S. Hwang, M.D. Associate Professor	Retina Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, optical coherence tomography, clinical informatics, graduate medical education	Clinical
Yali Jia, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Optical Coherence Tomography and retinal imaging	Basic, Translational
Elaine Johnson, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Glaucoma Neurobiology of glaucoma, animal models of glaucoma	Basic
Daniel J. Karr, M.D. Professor	Pediatrics Strabismus	Clinical
Kate E. Keller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Glaucoma Glaucoma pathophysiology, extracellular matrix	Basic
Mary Kelley, Ph.D. Research Assisant Professor	Glaucoma Molecular etiology of glaucoma	Basic
Michael L. Klein, M.D. Professor	Retina Genetics of macular degeneration	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Andreas K. Lauer, M.D. Professor	Retina Clinical trials, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration Graduate medical education	Clinical
Phoebe Lin, M.D., Ph.D Associate Professor Lab website	Inflammatory disease; Uveitis Mechanisms and therapeutic targets in uveitis	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Brandon Lujan, M.D. Associate Professor	Retina Retinal imaging; optical coherence tomorgraphy	Clinical Translational
Tammy Martin, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Inflammatory disease; Uveitis Animal models of uveitis, genetics of uveitis	Basic, Translational
Trevor McGill, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor	Retinitis Pigmentosa Age- related Macular Degeneration	Translational
John C. Morrison, M.D. Professor	Glaucoma Animal models of glaucoma	Basic, Translational, Clinical
John Ng, M.D. Professor	Oculoplastics Facial trauma, orbital reconstruction, implants	Clinical
Maria Parker, M.D. Research Assistant Professor	Genetics, retinal dystrophies, clinical trials, imaging	Clinical
Mark E. Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Lab website	Genetics; Retina Retinal dystrophies, serotonin receptors in retinal degenerations	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Stephen Planck, Ph.D. Professor	Inflammatory disease; Uveitis Regulation of ocular inflammation, microbiome effects	Basic, Translational
Leah Reznick, M.D. Associate Professor	Pediatrics Amblyopia, Strabismus	Clinical
James T. Rosenbaum, M.D. Professor	Inflammatory disease; Uveitis Animal models of uveitis, molecular imaging	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Benjamin Sivyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Lab website	Visual Neuroscience Electrophysiology, neural circuits, glaucoma	Basic
Alison Skalet, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor	Genetics; Oncology; Retina Clinical trials	Translational, Clinical
Eric B. Suhler, M.D., M.P.H. Professor	Inflammatory disease: Uveitis Clinical trials, uveitis	Clinical
Allison Summers, O.D. Assistant Professor	Pediatrics Amblyopia, strabismus, imaging	Clinical
Shandiz Tehrani, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Glaucoma Molecular mechanism of optic neuropathy	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Janice Vranka, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor	Glaucoma Molecular mechanisms of glaucoma	Basic
Richard G. Weleber, M.D. Professor	Genetics Retinal dystrophies, electrophysiology, clinical trials	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Lorri Wilson, M.D. Assistant Professor	Pediatrics Amblyopia, strabismus	Clinical
David J. Wilson, M.D. Professor and Chair	Retina; Oncology; Pathology Gene therapy, clinical trials	Translational, Clinical
Kevin Winthrop, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor	Infectious Disease; International Ophthalmology Mycobacterial disease, opportunistic infections	Clinical
Mary Wirtz, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor	Genetics; Glaucoma Glaucoma genetics	Basic, Translational

Joint Faculty

Name (Primary Department)	Research Interests	Category
Neal Barmack	Cerebellar microcircuitry	Basic
Dongseok Choi, Ph.D Professor (PHPM)	Biostatistics Statistical methodological for ophthalmology research, big data	Basic, Translational, Clinical
Larry David, Ph.D Professor (BMB)	Cataract Cataract, proteomics	Basic, Translational
Robert Duvoisin, Ph.D Associate Professor (P&P)	Retina Glutamate physiology, signal transduction	Basic
David Farrens, Ph.D AssociateProfessor (BMB)	Retina Animal models of glaucoma	Basic
Yali Jia, Ph.D Research Associate Professor	Optical Coherence Tomograhy Optic neuropathy, choroidal tumors, retinal disease	Basic, Translational
David Johnson, Ph.D Professor (MMI)	Cornea Herpes simplex virus spread in ocular disease	Basic, Translational
Kirsten Lampi, Ph.D Professor (Integrative Biosciences)	Cataract Lens and cataract pathophysiology	Basic
Catherine W. Morgans, Ph.D Associate Professor (P&P)	Retina Synaptic transmission, signal transduction	Basic, Translational
Linda Musil, Ph.D Associate Professor (BMB)	Cataract Gap junction physiology, cataract	Basic
Martha Neuringer, Ph.D Associate Scientist (ORPRC)	Retina Primate models, AMD, retinal dystrophies Gene and stem cell therapies	Basic
Michael Powers, M.D. Associate Professor (Pediatrics)	Pediatrics; Retina Retinopathy of prematurity, angiogenesis, apoptosis	Basic, Translational, Clinical
David Robinson, Ph.D Associate Professor	Retina Processing of visual and circadian information in retina	Basic
Thomas Shearer, Ph.D Professor (Intergrative Biosciences)	Cataract Role of calcium-active protease in lens	Basic
Henrique Von Gersdorff, Ph.D Senior Scientist (Vollum Institute)	Retina Retinal electrophysiology and circuity	Basic