People Type: Chairs and Professorships

Altaweel, MD, Michael

Biography Keywords: Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, ocular tumors, stem cell therapy, gene therapy, and clinical trials Education: BS 1986, Biology/Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada MD 1990, Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Ophthalmology Residency, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Vitreoretinal Disease/Surgery Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI Research …

Blodi, MD, Barbara A.

Biography Keywords: Retinal imaging, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy Education BA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA MALD, Fletcher School of Law at Tufts and Harvard University, Boston, MA MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Internship, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ Residency, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL Medical Retina Fellowship, Bascom Palmer Eye …

Du, PhD, Jianhai

Keywords: Retinal metabolism; nutrition; age-related macular degeneration; retinal degeneration Education BA 2000, Literature, Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing, China MS 2003, Physiology, Lanzhou University; Lanzhou, China PhD 2006, Pathophysiology, Peking University; Beijing, China Research Dr. Du’s laboratory investigates ocular metabolism and metabolic reprogramming in retinal degenerative diseases. His lab aims to define the specialized metabolic requirements …

Eliceiri, PhD, Kevin

Biography Keywords: Cellular microenvironment, cancer imaging, multiscale imaging, imaging instrumentation, biophotonics, image informatics, image analysis, and software development Education BS 1996, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison MS 1998, Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Wisconsin–Madison Post-graduate training, 1998-2000, National Integrated Microscopy Resource, Madison, WI PhD 2015, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Dr. Eliceiri’s research interests …

Gamm, MD, PhD, David

Biography Keywords: Stem cells, retina, inherited retinal degenerations (including retinitis pigmentosa), macular degenerations (including AMD), and retinal disease modeling and treatment Education BS 1990, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI MD 1998, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI PhD 1998, Neurosciences, University of Michigan School of Graduate Studies, Ann Arbor, MI Ophthalmology Residency, …

Gong, PhD, Shaoqin “Sarah”

Biography Keywords: Nanomedicines, biomaterials, CRISPR genome editing, tissue engineering scaffolds Education BS 1991, Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China BS 1991, Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China MS 1994, Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China PhD 1999, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Research Shaoqin “Sarah” …

Hoon, PhD, Mrinalini

Biography Keywords: Retina development, synaptic connections Education B.Sc. (Hons) 2005, Human Physiology, Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. Ph.D. 2010, Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, University of Goettingen, Goettingen Germany. Postgraduate training 2010-15, University of Washington, Seattle USA. Research Interests: Our ability to see the world around us relies on a small piece of …

Ikeda, DVM, PhD, Akihiro

Biography Education PhD 1997, University of Tokyo (Physiology) Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997-2003, The Jackson Laboratory Research Interests For age-dependent diseases to manifest themselves in an age-dependent manner, there must be tight association between the disease-causing mechanisms and cellular changes that occur with aging. Therefore, it is important to understand how the aging process is regulated at …

Pattnaik, PhD, MPhil, Bikash

Biography Keywords: Retinal disease, cellular signaling pathways, ion channels Education BSc, 1987, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, India MSc, 1989, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, India PhD, 1997, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Research Interests Dr. Pattnaik’s lab focuses on cellular communications that are key to life and disease. They discovered a novel cellular signaling pathway between cone photoreceptors …

Rogers, PhD, Jeremy

Biography Keywords: Imaging, optics, AMD Education BS 1999, Physics, Michigan Technological University MS 2003, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona PhD 2006, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona 2007-2010, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University Research Interests Research in the Rogers lab explores the exciting ways in which imaging and optics can be used to enable discoveries in basic …