Ruchira Singh, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Depts of Ophthalmology & Medical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Email: ruchira.singh@URMC.rochester.edu
Address:
University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 659
Rochester, NY 14642
Education
B.Tech 2001, Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Graduate work 2003-08, Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Postdoctoral Associate 2008-10, Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Postdoctoral Associate, 2010-2014, Stem Cell Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Research Interests
The overall objective of Dr. Singh’s research is to find treatments and possibly cures for retinal and neuro-degenerative diseases. Towards this goal her research program focuses on 1) using patient-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to study the molecular mechanism of specific retinal and neurological diseases and 2) applying that knowledge to pharmacologically target certain retinal disorders in patient-derived cells.