Research pioneered by

Tamara Hershey, PhD
James S. McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in Psychiatry & Radiology
- Email: tammy@nospam.wustl.edu
Understanding the impact of metabolic and neurodegenerative conditions on the brain, particularly during development

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Janet & Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Kerschensteiner Lab

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Email: rajagopalr@nospam.wustl.edu
Pathogenic mechanisms in diabetic retinopathy and neuronal damage in diabetes mellitus

Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and of Pathology and Immunology
- Email: urano@nospam.wustl.edu
Identifying potential therapeutic targets by unraveling the molecular, genetic, and cellular mechanisms behind the Wolfram Syndrome phenotype

Philip Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Email: prwillia@nospam.wustl.edu
Strategies to improve outcomes of nervous system injury and disease, regeneration and preservation

Takeshi Yoshimatsu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Email: takeshi@nospam.wustl.edu
Understanding the molecular and cellular basis of the functional development and regeneration of the vertebrate visual system and elucidating how disruption of these mechanisms leads to visual dysfunction