Meet the Team
Meet our Experts
Director
Leah A. Owen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Genetic and genomic basis for blinding eye disease in children and adults; in-utero determinants of postnatal eye disease, chiefly retinopathy of...
Faculty
Kara A. Dolezal, MD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Pediatric glaucoma; retinopathy of prematurity
Diego Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Neuroscience sensory and circadian biology; environmentally-induced disorders
Research Interests
The OPN3, OPN4 and OPN5 light sensing pathways in development, homeostasis and disease
Research Interests
Rheumatology; pediatric ophthalmology; strabismus; improving quality of life in children with JIA-associate d uveitis; biomarkers for predicting the...
Melissa L. Rice, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Amblyopia; strabismus; cerebral/cortical visual impairment; myopia.
Veeral Shah, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Clinical and basic research interests include molecular genetics of optic nerve protection/development and neuro-oncology
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