Primary faculty for T32 research training program

Name Affiliation Research Interests Category
Ted Acott, Ph.D.
Research Professor
CEI Glaucoma
Molecular etiology of glaucoma
Basic
Grazyna Adamus, Ph.D.
Professor
CEI Inflammatory Diseases; Uveitis
Paraneoplastic Syndrome and Autoimmunity
Basic, Translational
 Neal Barmack    Cerebellar microcircuitry  Basic

Michael F. Chiang, M.D.
Professor
Lab Web Site

CEI

Biomedical informatics; pediatric ophthalmology
Informatics, imaging, genotype-phenotype correlation

Translational, Clinical
Dongseok Choi, Ph.D
Professor
Lab page
PHPM Biostatistics
Statistical methodological for ophthalmology research, big data
 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Larry David, Ph.D.
Professor
BMB Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cataract, proteomics
Basic
Robert Duvoisin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (P&P)
PHPR Retina
Glutamate physiology, signal transduction
Basic
David Farrens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
BMB Retina
G-protein coupled receptors, signal transduction
Basic
David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Lab Web Site
CEI Cornea; Retina
Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Translational, Clinical
David Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor
MMI Cornea
Herpes simplex virus spread in ocular disease
 Basic, Translational
Kate E. Keller, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
CEI

Glaucoma
Glaucoma pathophysiology, extracellular matrix

Basic
Mary Kelley, Ph.D.
Research Assisant Professor
CEI Glaucoma
Molecular etiology of glaucoma
Basic
Kirstein Lampi, Ph.D.
Professor (Integrative Biosciences)
IB Cataract
Lens and cataract pathophysiology
Basic
Phoebe Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CEI Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Mechanisms and therapeutic targets in uveitis
Basic, Translational, Clinical
Trevor J. McGill, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
CEIRetinal degeneration, stem cell and gene therapyBasic, Translational
Catherine W. Morgans, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (PHPM)
PRPM Retina
Retinal neurophysiology, signal transduction
Basic, Translational
John C. Morrison, M.D.
Professor
CEI Glaucoma
Animal models of glaucoma
Basic, Translational, Clinical
Linda Musil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (BMB)
BMB Cataract
Gap junction physiology, cataract
Basic
Martha Neuringer, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, (ORPRC)
ONPRC Retina
Primate models, nutrition & genetic factors in retinal disease
Basic
Mark E. Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lab Web Site
CEI Genetics ; Retina
Retinal dystrophies, serotonin receptors in retinal degenerations
Basic, Translational, Clinical
James T. Rosenbaum, M.D.
Professor
Devers Inflammatory Diseases; Uveitis
Animal models of uveitis, molecular imaging
Basic, Translational, Clinical
Holly Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
MMI Inflammatory Diseases; Uveitis
Animal models of uveitis
Basic, Translational
Alison Skalet, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CEI Genetics; Oncology; Retina
Clinical trials
Translational, Clinical
 

Shandiz Tehrani, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

CEI  

Glaucoma
Molecular mechanism of optic neuropathy

 

Basic, Translational, Clinical

Henrique Von Gersdorff, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist (Vollum Institute)
Vollum Retina
Retinal electrophysiology and circuitry
Basic
 

Janice Vranka, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor

CEI  

Glaucoma
Molecular mechanisms of glaucoma

Basic
Richard G. Weleber, M.D.
Professor
CEI Genetics
Retinal dystrophies, electrophysiology, clinical trials
Basic, Translational, Clinical
David J. Wilson, M.D.
Professor and Chair
CEI Retina; Oncology; Pathology
Gene therapy, clinical trials
Translational, Clinical
Kevin Winthrop, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
CEI Infectious Disease; International Ophthalmology
Mycobacterial disease, opportunistic infections
Clinical
Mary Wirtz, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
CEI Genetics; Glaucoma
Glaucoma genetics
Basic, Translational