FACULTY
Co-Director
Professor of Ophthalmology and
Kenneth L. Roper, MD Endowed Chair
Vice Chair for Research Innovation,
Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center
Co-Director, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Research Interests:
• Novel ophthalmic diagnostics
• Artificial intelligence for glaucoma
• Novel glaucoma therapeutics
• Stem cell trabecular meshwork regeneration
Co-Director
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of Research Training and Education,
Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center
Research Interests:
• Optic nerve and lamina cribrosa role in glaucoma pathogenesis
• Early detection of glaucoma and monitoring disease progression.
Assistant Lab Director
Professor of Ophthalmology, UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
Research Interests:
• Multidisciplinary ophthalmic imaging and functional evaluation
• Glaucoma progression detection and monitoring
• Novel biomarkers, applications and strategies for glaucoma diagnosis and monitoring
• Imaging endpoints for novel treatments in glaucoma and in ophthalmology
• Novel devices for ophthalmic diagnosis
STAFF
Lab Supervisor
Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Philadelphia, PA – PhD candidate
University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD – MSc in Biotechnology Bioinformatics
Data Manager
Columbia University, New York, NY – DADD
Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China – Ophthalmology, MD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA - Certificate in Pre-medicine
Rowan University - Glassboro, NJ - BA in English
Research Administrative Assistant
Rowan University - Glassboro, NJ - MA
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA - BA in Mathematics
Clinical Research Coordinator
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY – BSc in Biomedical Technology
Research Technician
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel – BSc, MD
Statistician
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea – PhD in Statistics
Ophthalmic Research Photographer
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, Delaware County, PA –AAS in Allied Health
FELLOWS
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Hospital Banco de Olhos de Porto Alegre, Brazil – Ophthalmology Residency
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil – MD
Research Fellow
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine - Bayamon, PR - MD
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, PR - BS in Pre-medicine (2021)
Research Fellow
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA –Postdoctoral Research Fellow
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon – MD
STUDENTS
Graduate Student Researcher
Drexel University College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA - PhD candidate
University of Wisconsin - Plattsville - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Medical Student Researcher
George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC – MD candidate
The George Washington University, Washington, DC – BA
Medical Student Researcher
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO – MD candidate
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO – BA
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA – MD Candidate
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA – MD candidate
NYU Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Science - MS in Biomedical Informatics
Medical Student Researcher
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA– PhD, MD candidate
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – BS
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA – MD candidate
Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY – BS in Neuroscience
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA – MD Candidate
University of Maryland, College Park, MD - BS in Biology
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA - MD Candidate
Columbia University, New York, NY - BS in Neuroscience
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA - MD Candidate
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ - AB in Sociology
Medical Student Researcher
State University of New York Downstate Medical School - Brooklyn, NY - MD Candidate
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ - AB in Sociology
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA - MD Candidate
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY - BS in Human Biology, Health, and Society
Medical Student Researcher
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA – MD candidate
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY – BSc
Undergraduate Student Researcher
NYU - New York, NY – BS in Neural Science
CURRENT COLLABORATORS
Andrew Cohen, PhD
Dan Stamer, PhD
Bhavna Antony, PhD
Ross Ethier, PhD
Kevin Chan, PhD
James Higham, PhD
Hao F. Zhang, PhD
Hiroshi Ishikawa, MD
Xubo Song, PhD
David Huang, MD, PhD
Ashkan Abbasi, PhD
Sowjanya Gowrisankaran, PhD
Wei-Chun Lin, PhD
Nick Iftimia, PhD
Mircea Mujat, PhD
John Danias, MD
Prabha Nepal, PhD
Yiqin Du, PhD
Arthur Fernandes, PhD, MPH
Amanda Melin, PhD
Lama Al-Aswad, MD
Tim Chung, PhD
Ian Conner, MD
Jonathan VandeGeest, PhD
Benjamin Backus, PhD
Dilru Amarasekera, MD
Lauren Hock, MD
Ping Huang, MD
Leslie Hyman, PhD
Ajay Kuriyan, MD
Jonathan Myers, MD
Reza Razeghinejad, MD
Ed Zhang, PhD
PAST COLLABORATORS
Kyung Rim Sung, MD
James G. Fujimoto, PhD
Laura Balcer, MD
Guido Gerig, PhD
Jiyuan Hu, PhD
TingFang Lee, PhD
Vivek Srinivasan, PhD
Yao Wang, PhD
