Three faculty have been selected as the inaugural cohort of the Washington Research Foundation – Ronald S. Howell Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. Endowed in honor of WRF’s longtime CEO Ron Howell, the purpose of this fellowship is to catalyze the careers of
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Rachel Wong has been selected as the 2023 Boynton Lecturer. Rachel has made numerous contributions to vision science and has a stellar mentoring and training record. She is currently Professor and Chair of
Congratulations to the 2023-2025 Weill Neurohub Fellows, Marina Pavlov (Reh Lab) and Carlee Toddes (Golden Lab)! We are very proud to have you in our department and wish you every success! Read about Weill Neurohub here
REMEMBRANCE MESSAGE Professor Daniel O. Graney, Ph.D., Dept of Biological Structure Dan Graney was a dedicated educator who taught Human Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology and Embryology to generations of MD, MD/PhDs, DDSs, RNs and other healthcare professionals in Surgery, Ophthalmology, Urology
Dr. Rachel Wong is the recipient of the 2022 Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). This achievement award honors outstanding research in the basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology. The 2022 ARVO Achievement
Dr Levi Todd received a new NIH/K99 award. This work will investigate how the neuroimmune response to retinal degeneration impacts the ability for retinal repair. This project seeks to identify strategies to enhance retinal regeneration by modulating the immune system.
Dr. Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh received a 2021 Laboratory Safety Award (EH&S’s biannual 2021 Laboratory Safety Awards & Innovations Event). This award is given to those labs that develop innovations designed to improve the culture of safety in laboratory spaces.
We are very excited to announce that Professor Michele Basso, Ph.D. and her lab have joined the Department of Biological Structure. Michele has a joint appointment in Physiology and Biophysics and is the new Director of the Washington National
Dr. Rachel Wong, one of the world’s leading experts in developmental neurobiology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! April 26, 2021 The honor is one of the highest given to a scientist in the United States. Dr.
Dr Chi Zhang received a new NIH/K99 award titled “Wiring specificity and plasticity of rod and cone photoreceptor circuits”. One potential strategy to restore daylight vision in retinal repair is to transform rods into cone photoreceptors. Dr. Zhang has been
