David Barnett, MD
Credentials: Department of Surgery
(School of Medicine and Public Health)
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: dbarnett@wisc.edu
Address:
Medical Sciences Center (MSC)
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706 1510
Advisor: Michelle Ciucci, PhD, CCC-SLP
Co-Sponsor: Freya Mowat, BVSc, PhD, DECVO, DACVO, MRCVS
Keywords: Parkinson disease, retina, neurodegeneration, biomarkers
Education
BS 2008, (1) Neurobiology, (2) Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
MD 2014, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
PGY-1, 2015, Internal Medicine, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
PGY-2, 2016, Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University–Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Research
Dr. Barnett’s research interests lie at the intersection of the retina and brain, focusing on ophthalmic manifestations of neurodegenerative disease. He is currently working on a study to characterize in vivo pathological changes in the retina in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson disease.