The Department of Ophthalmic Research is committed to improving the understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of vision loss and exploiting this knowledge to develop targeted therapeutics.
More About UsThe K.P. Connie Tam lab studies the innate defense and immunoregulatory functions of corneal epithelial cells.
Learn MoreThe Alex Yuan lab studies retinal wound healing and regenerative responses to develop new methods for retinal repair.
Learn MoreThe William Dupps lab studies the biomechanics of keratoconus and methods for improving refractive surgery outcomes with patient-specific computational modeling.
Learn MoreThe Cleveland Clinic study provides evidence needed to justify new clinical trials for repurposing FDA-approved hypertension, erectile dysfunction drug to also treat Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings offer potential therapeutic approaches to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease in a sex-specific manner.
Researchers to study retinal regeneration in zebrafish with new grant from National Eye Institute
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