ITVS Pathway Director
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Janet & Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Kerschensteiner Lab
ITVS Pathway Co-Director
Shiming Chen, PhD
Dr. Bernard and Janet R. Becker Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology
- Email: chenshiming@nospam.wustl.edu
Molecular mechanisms regulating photoreceptor gene expression in healthy and diseased retinas
ITVS Pathway Mentoring Champion
Steven Bassnett, PhD
Grace Nelson Lacy Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Email: bassnett@nospam.wustl.edu
Refractive development, exfoliation glaucoma, establishment and loss of lens transparency, structural and functional characterization of fibrillin polymers in the eye
Advisory Committee
Rachel Wong, PhD
University of Washington
Seth Blackshaw, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Linda Richards, PhD
Washington University
Steven Mennerick, PhD
Washington University