PROGRAM FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTAL AFFILIATONS

Patricia A. D'Amore, Ph.D. Program Director
Regulation of vascular growth and differentiation
Senior Scientist - Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology / Harvard Medical School
Ophthalmology Dept. / Schepens Eye Research Institute

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Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D.
Studies to eliminate visual loss from diabetic retinopathy and other ischemic retinopathies
Director: Beetham Eye Institute, and Head: Eye Research/Joslin Diabetes Center
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, M.D., Ph.D.
The biology and pathophysiology underlying small-vessel disease (SVDs)
Instructor / Harvard Medical School
Investigator / Schepens Eye Research Institute

Pablo Argüeso, Ph.D.
Characterize the carbohydrate portion of the different mucins expressed by the ocular surface epithelia as well as the enzymes involved with their synthesis
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Assistant Scientist / Schepens Eye Research Institute

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Larry I. Benowitz, PhD
Molecular mechanisms that control the growth of neural connections
Professor of Surgery and Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School
Neurosurgery/Harvard Longwood Campus

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Constance Cepko, Ph.D.
Development of vertebrate retina
Professor of Genetics / Harvard Medical School
Genetics Dept. / Longwood Campus

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Sunil Chauhan, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Immunotherapy and regenerative medicine for inflammatory disorders of ocular surface
Investigator/Schepens Eye Research Institute
Instructor/Harvard Medical School

James Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.
Ocular surface and corneal infections, ocular surface tumors, corneal transplantation and keratoprosthesis for the hopelessly corneal blind
David G. Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology in the field of Cornea and External Disease, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Medical School
Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Dong Feng Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Ganglion cell development and optic nerve regeneration
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Associate Scientist / Schepens Eye Research Institute

Kip Connor, Ph.D.
Retinal Vessels
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

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Robert D'Amato, M.D., Ph.D.
Genetic control of angiogenesis and the development of new therapeutic agents
Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Research Associate / Division of Surgical Research / Children's Hospital Boston

Patricia A. D'Amore, Ph.D.
Regulation of vascular growth and differentiation
Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology / Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Reza Dana, M.D., M.S.C., M.P.H.
Role of cytokines and chemokines in corneal immunology
Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Darlene Dartt, Ph.D.
Signaling pathways in lacrimal gland and goblet cells
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

John Dowling, Ph.D.
Retinal genetics and development
Professor of Natural Science / Harvard University
Molecular & Cell Biology Dept. / Harvard Biological Laboratories

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Elizabeth Engle, M.D.
Strabismus and ocular motor neuron and axon development
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Neurology/Childrens Hospital

Edward P. Feener, Ph.D.
Characterizing the role of the plasma kallikrein-kinin system on diabetic vascular complications
Investigator, Vascular Cell Biology Section; Director, Proteomics Core, Joslin Diabetes Center;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Shelley Fried, Ph.D.
Retinal electrophysiology
Instructor in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Michael Gilmore, Ph.D.
New therapies for treating infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to existing antimicrobials
Professor of Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School
Ophthalmology Dept./Massachusetts Eye & Ear

Ilene Gipson, Ph.D.
Cell and molecular biology of ocular surface epithelia
Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Meredith Gregory-Ksander, Ph.D.
Ocular immune privilege and disease: bacterial infections, glaucoma, and retinoblastoma.
Assistant Professor/ Department of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Assistant Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Neena B. Haider, Ph.D.
Genetics and retinal disease
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology /Harvard Medical School
Associate Scientist / Schepens Eye Research Institute

Pedram Hamrah, M.D.
Immunobiology of Corneal Antigen Presenting Cells
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology /Harvard Medical School

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Tatjana C. Jakobs, M.D.
Glaucoma
Assistant Scientist/Schepens Eye Research Institute
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology /Harvard Medical School

Ula Jurkunas, M.D.
Fuchs endothelial dystrophy
Assistant Scientist/Schepens Eye Research Institute
Assistant in Ophthalmology/Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Clinical Associate/Massachusetts General Hospital

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Dimitris Karamichos, Ph.D.
Artificial human cornea model based on 3-D collagen matrices
Instructor / Harvard Medical School
Investigator/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Andrius Kazlauskas, Ph.D.
Receptor tyrosine kinases in eye diseases
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Leo Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Translational research evaluating the effect of anti-angiogenic molecules in the treatment of disease
Instructor / Harvard Medical School
Investigator/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

George Liang King, M.D.
Protein Kinase C
Professor of Medicine / Harvard Medical School
Director of Research/ Joslin Diabetes Center

Bruce Ksander, Ph.D.
Immunotherapeutic treatment of ocular tumors
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School
Associate Scientist/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Kameran Lashkari, M.D.
Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR), Activity in Vitreoretinopathies and Ocular Development
Assistant Scientist/Schepens Eye Research Institute
Instructor of Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School

Mara Lorenzi, M.D.
Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy
Senior Scientist & George and Frances Levin Scholar in Diabetic Retinopathy/ Schepens Eye Research Institute Professor of Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School

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Richard Maas, M.D., Ph.D.
Genetic control of mammalian organogenesis
Professor of Medicine /Harvard Medical School
Genetics Dept. / Brigham and Women's Hospital

Clint Makino, Ph.D.
Electrophysiology of photoreceptor cells
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Neuroscience) / Harvard Medical School
Ophthalmology Dept. / Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary

Richard Masland, Ph.D.
Interactions within local neural circuits of the retina
Charles Anthony Pappas Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Surgery / Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief and Director, Howe Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Balaraj B. Menon, Ph.D.
Interactions within local neural circuits of the retina
Instructor / Harvard Medical School
Investigator/ Mass. General Hospital

Joan Miller, M.D.
New therapies for neovascular diseases of the retina and choroid
Professor of Ophthalmology/Harvard Medical School
Head of Ophthalmology Dept./Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary

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Eric Pierce, M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular Genetics of Inherited Retinal Disorders
Director, and Director of Genetic Therapies/Ocular Genomics Institute;
Associate Director of the Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations/Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology / Harvard Medical School