José-Alain Sahel, MD, FARVO, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Eye & Ear Foundation Chair, and Director of […]
Dr. Sahel Receives Proctor Medal
Our Vision for the Future
Improving Visual Rehabilitation and Treatment Outcomes
The lab of Boris Rosin, MD, PhD, focuses on the neuronal activity correlates of visual disability, both in the retina and the central nervous system (CNS), and their implications for […]
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Investigating Potential Treatments for Rare IRDs
Dr. Joseph Martel’s work focuses on inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), a group of rare, often devastating conditions that cause progressive vision loss and for which there have historically been no […]
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Developing Mutation and Gene-Agnostic Editing Strategies
Targeted mutation correction is well-suited to treat genetic diseases in which many patients have a small number of mutations. But many genetic diseases are caused by large numbers of pathogenic […]
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Developing New Drug Candidates for Retinal Diseases
The Systems Pharmacology Lab of Retinal Degenerationof Yuanyuan, run by Yuanyuan Chen, PhD, focuses on pharmacological studies of inherited retinal disease and age-related retinal degeneration. The lab develops drug screening […]
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