Joel Jovanovic, PhD Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Nashville, Tennessee Project Title: The role of microglia-mediated inflammation on the cell fate of proliferating Müller glia following p27Kip1 inactivation and outer retina degeneration in aged mice Joel Jovanovic, PhD has been selected as the 2023 Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar […]
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Marco Bassetto, PhD University of California Irvine, USA PROJECT TITLE: Pharmacological treatment for maculopathies based on oral administration of new visual cycle modulator Dr. Bassetto developed his PhD in the field of ocular drug delivery. His early research aimed at establishing methods to enhance permeation of therapeutics within the eye after non-invasive, topical application. Most […]
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Zhiquan Liu, PhD Stanford University, USA PROJECT TITLE: Gene therapy for PDE6A deficient retinitis pigmentosa via CRISPR base editing Dr. Liu earned his undergraduate and graduate training in biology at Jilin University in China, was in the top 1% of students and published many high impact papers. He went on to earn his PhD degree […]
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Shintaro Shirahama, MD, PhD Schepens Eye Research Institute Harvard Medical School PROJECT TITLE: Development of a novel transplant-independent therapy for retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) dysfunction using epigenetic reprogramming of RPE stem cells Dr. Shirahama has a strong background in ocular inflammatory diseases, including infectious and non-infectious uveitis. After graduating from medical school in Japan, Dr. […]
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JAMES WALSH, MD, PhD PROJECT TITLE: The choroidal adaptive immune system is vital in the pathogenesis of retinal inflammation James Walsh, MD, PhD, specializing in ophthalmology and uveitis, is a clinician-scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently working on a project with the potential to be transformative in the understanding of […]
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So Goto, MD, PhD University of California Berkeley School of Optometry So Goto, MD, PhD, has been selected as the 2022 Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar for his project, Role of retinal pigment epithelium in choroidal thickness modulation and myopia maculopathy. After receiving a Bachelor of Medicine (MD) from Kanazawa University School of Medicine […]
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MARCUS J. HOOPER, PhD PROJECT TITLE: CRISPR-mediated Müller glial reprogramming Dr. Hooper received his undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology from Eastern Washington University, and then completed his PhD at University of Florida in chemistry and biology. A postdoctoral fellowship followed from University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Hooper’s research interests have focused on preventing, […]
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Ryo Terao, MD, PhD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences St. Louis, Missouri PROJECT TITLE: Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism and Senescence in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Dr. Terao received his MD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan and completed his internship at the University of Tsukuba Hospital. He trained […]
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Peter M.J. Quinn, PhD Columbia University New York, New York After receiving his BSc at The University of Manchester and MSc at Brunel University, Dr. Quinn joined the lab of Dr. Jan Wijnholds at Leiden University, where he completed his PhD. Subsequently, Dr. Quinn joined Columbia University in New York as a postdoctoral research fellow, […]
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Mariana Souza da Silveira, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Brazil, has been selected to receive the second Larry A. Donoso, MD Award in Retinal Research after receiving the highest ranking score in the 2021 grant review process, a criterion for the Award. The Award was created to honor IRRF Director, Larry […]
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