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Research Faculty

Research

The research we do at Casey is conducted by a diverse group of health professionals whose multi-disciplinary backgrounds bring a wealth of information to the institute's resources. You can find individual faculty members by their specialty in the list below.

Research Faculty

Name Research Interests Category
Ted Acott, Ph.D
Research Professor		 Glaucoma
Molecular etiology of glaucoma		 Basic
Grazyna Adamus, Ph.D
Professor		 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Paraneoplastic syndrome and autoimmunity		 Basic, Translational

Winston Chamberlain, M.D. Ph.D
Assistant Professor

Cornea
Inflammatory response, laser methods

 Clinical

Michael F. Chiang, M.D.
Professor
Lab website

Biomedical Informatics; Pediatrics
Imaging, informatics, ROP

 Translational, Clinical

Pei-Wen (John) Chiang, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Lab website

 Genetics
Molecular diagnostics		 Basic, Translational
Roger Dailey, M.D.
Professor		 Oculoplastics
Endoscpic surgery, laser surgery
Thyroid associated orbitopathy		 Clinical

Beth Edmunds, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor

 Glaucoma
Glaucoma surgery, optic nerve		 Clinical
Julie Falardeau, M.D.
Assistant Professor		 Neuro-ophthalmology
Imaging, optic neuritis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension		 Clinical

Christina Flaxel, M.D.
Professor

 Retina
Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy		 Clinical
Frederick T. Fraunfelder, M.D.
Professor		 Cornea, Oncology
Ocular pharmacology and toxicology		 Clinical
Frederick (Rick) Fraunfelder, M.D., MBA
Professor		 Cornea, Oncology
Drug-induced ocular side effects, clinical research		 Clinical
William Hills, O.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor		 Neuro-ophthalmology
Clinical research, visual field defects		 Clinical
David Huang, M.D., Ph.D
Professor
Lab website		 Cornea; Retina
Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)		 Translational, Clinical
Elaine Johnson, Ph.D
Associate Professor		 Glaucoma
Neurobiology of glaucoma, animal models of glaucoma		 Basic
Daniel J. Karr, M.D.
Associate Professor		 Pediatrics
Strabismus		 Clinical
Kate E. Keller, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor

Glaucoma
Glaucoma pathophysiology, extracellular matrix

 Basic
Mary Kelley, Ph.D
Research Assisant Professor 		 Glaucoma
Molecular etiology of glaucoma		 Basic
Michael L. Klein, M.D.
Professor		 Retina
Genetics of macular degeneration		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Andreas K. Lauer, M.D.
Associate Professor

Retina
Clinical trials, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration
Graduate medical education

 Clinical
Ellen J. Lee, O.D., Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor		 Inflammatory disease
Animal models of uveitis		 Basic, Translational

Phoebe Lin, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor

 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Mechanisms and therapeutic targets in uveitis		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Tammy Martin, Ph.D
Associate Professor		 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Animal models of uveitis, genetics of uveitis		 Basic, Translational
William D. Mathers, M.D.
Professor		 Cornea
Dry eye, contact lenses, genetics		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
John C. Morrison, M.D.
Professor		 Glaucoma
Animal models of glaucoma		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
John Ng, M.D.
Associate Professor		 Oculoplastics
Facial trauma, orbital reconstruction, implants		 Clinical

Mark E. Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Lab website

 Genetics; Retina
Retinal dystrophies, serotonin receptors in retinal degenerations		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Stephen Planck, Ph.D.
Professor		 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Regulation of ocular inflammation, microbiome effects		 Basic, Translational
Leah Reznick, M.D.
Assistant Professor		 Pediatrics
Amblyopia, Strabismus		 Clinical
James T. Rosenbaum, M.D.
Professor		 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Animal models of uveitis, molecular imaging		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Holly Rosenzweig, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor		 Inflammatory disease; Uveitis
Animal models of uveitis		 Basic, Translational
Alison Skalet, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor		 Genetics; Oncology; Retina
Clinical trials		 Translational, Clinical
Travis Smith, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor		 Retina
Imaging		 Translational, Clinical
Ann U. Stout, M.D.
Associate Professor		 Pediatrics
Amblyopia		 Clinical
J. Timothy Stout, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor		 Genetics; Retina
Gene therapy, ocular genetics, angiogenesis		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Eric B. Suhler, M.D., MPH 
Associate Professor		 Inflammatory disease: Uveitis
Clinical trials, uveitis		 Clinical
Allison Summers, OD
Assistant Professor		 Pediatrics
Amblyopia, strabismus, imaging		 Clinical
Hana Takusagawa, MD
Assistant Professor		 Glaucoma
Imaging, glaucoma surgery		 Clinical
W. Rowland Taylor, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Lab website		 Retina
Modeling, electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry
Retinal circuitry, synaptic function		 Basic

Janice Vranka, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor

 Glaucoma
Molecular mechanisms of glaucoma		 Basic
Richard G. Weleber, M.D.
Professor		 Genetics
Retinal dystrophies, electrophysiology, clinical trials		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Lorri Wilson, M.D.
Assistant Professor		 Pediatrics
Amblyopia, strabismus		 Clinical
David J. Wilson, M.D.
Professor and Chair		 Retina; Oncology; Pathology
Gene therapy, clinical trials		 Translational, Clinical
Kevin Winthrop, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor		 Infectious Disease; International Ophthalmology
Mycobacterial disease, opportunistic infections		 Clinical
Mary Wirtz, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor		 Genetics; Glaucoma
Glaucoma genetics		 Basic, Translational
Zheng Ye, M.D., Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor

Corena and External Diseases
Genetics

 Basic


Affiliated Faculty

Name (Primary Department) Research Interests Category

Dongseock Choi, Ph.D
Associate Professor (PHPM)

 Biostatistics
Statistical methodological for ophthalmology research		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
Larry David, Ph.D
Professor (BMB)		 Cataract
Cataract, proteomics		 Basic, Translational
Robert Duvoisin, Ph.D
Associate Professor (P&P)		 Retina
Glutamate physiology, signal transduction		 Basic
David Farrens, Ph.D
AssociateProfessor (BMB)		 Retina
Animal models of glaucoma		 Basic

Yali Jia, Ph.D
Research Associate Professor

 Optical Coherence Tomograhy
Optic neuropathy, choroidal tumors, retinal disease		 Basic, Translational
David Johnson, Ph.D
Professor (MMI)		 Cornea
Herpes simplex virus spread in ocular disease		 Basic, Translational
Kirstein Lampi, Ph.D
Professor (Integrative Biosciences)		 Cataract
Lens and cataract pathophysiology		 Basic
Catherine W. Morgans, Ph.D
Associate Professor (P&P)		 Retina
Synaptic transmission, signal transduction		 Basic, Translational
Linda Musil, Ph.D
Associate Professor (BMB)		 Cataract
Gap junction physiology, cataract		 Basic

Martha Neuringer, Ph.D
Associate Scientist (ORPRC)

Retina
Primate models, AMD, retinal dystrophies
Gene and stem cell therapies

 Basic
Michael Powers, M.D.
Associate Professor (Pediatrics)		 Pediatrics; Retina
Retinopathy of prematurity, angiogenesis, apoptosis		 Basic, Translational, Clinical
David Robinson, Ph.D
Associate Professor		 Retina
Processing of visual and circadian information in retina		 Basic
Thomas Shearer, Ph.D
Professor (Intergrative Biosciences)		 Cataract
Role of calcium-active protease in lens		 Basic
Henrique Von Gersdorff, Ph.D
Senior Scientist (Vollum Institute)		 Retina
Retinal electrophysiology and circuity		 Basic