Jianhai Du, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Monroe Trout Jr. Chair in Eye Disease; Associate Professor
WIMR II, 9th Floor, Room 9453
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
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 of different ocular tissues and cell types that support visual function, differentiation, and survival; determine how retinal pigment epithelial and glial cells sustain neuronal health during aging and in age-related macular degeneration and inherited retinal degeneration; and develop innovative technologies, disease models, and nutrition-based therapeutic strategies to prevent vision loss and blindness.