Post Docs
Yosuke Fukuda, MD, PhD
Degrees: PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoda, Japan (2025); MD, Kyushu University, Fukuoda, Japan (2017)
Project/Interests: RPE lipid processing
Norihiko Misawa, MD, PhD
Degrees: PhD, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan (2023); MD, Osaka Metropolitan University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan (2016)
Project/Interests: Corneal stem cell niche
Poonam Naik, PhD
Degrees: PhD, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (2022)
Project/Interests: Immunological and inflammatory aspects of ocular diseases
Taku Yamamoto, MD, PhD
Degrees: MD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (2013); PhD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (2023)
Project/Interest: Retinal Glia; Immunological approach to aging via uveitis
Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD
Degrees: MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA (2021); PhD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA (2019)
Project/Interest: Aging, Metabolism, Circadian Rhythms
Medical Students
Cory Sharp
Medical student
Helen Rossmiller
Medical Student
Degree: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2022)
Staff
Kenta Kato
Research Technician II
Degrees: B.S. Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA (2025)
Project/Interests: Role of adipokines in neurodegeneration
Shuntaro Ogura, MD, PhD
Staff Scientist
Degrees: PhD, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan (2017)
MD, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan (2010)
Project/Interests: Elucidating the mechanism of retinal disorders including diabetic retinopathy and AMD
Andrea Santeford, MS
Research Laboratory Supervisor
Degrees: M.S. Biology-Molecular and Cellular Regulation, St. Louis University (2005); B.S. Biology, University of Missouri (2003)
Projects: Molecular regulation of macrophage aging; determinants in choroidal neovascularization and novel therapeutic targets, uveitis.
Darksha Usmani, MS
Research Assistant
Degrees: M.S. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India
Projects/Interests: Corneal wound healing and maintenance
Undergraduate Students
Tanish Joshi-Apte
Current School/Program: Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Phycology–Cognitive Neuroscience Track
Minor: Healthcare Mangement
Ketan Tamirisa
Vagelos Undergraduate Research Fellow
Current School/Program: Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Anthropology: Global Health & Environment (Pre-Med track)