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School of Optometry

Faculty in Ocular Biology

  • Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO

    "Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO"

    Assistant Professor

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    HPB 519

    (205) 996-6576

    Teaching/research interests: Ocular Disease Detection and Diagnosis; Vision Science; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Geometric and Visual Optics; Advanced Retinal Imaging; Retinal biomarkers for early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema; Ocular biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias; Biological variable model for screening and early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in underserved populations.

  • Marina Gorbatyuk, PhD

    Marina Gorbatyuk.

    Professor

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    VH 443A

    (205) 934-6762

    Teaching/research interests:VS 112 Physiology of the Eye; VS 745 Biology and Pathology of the Posterior Segment

  • Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO

    Safal Khanal

    Assistant Professor

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    HPB 526

    Office: (205) 934-4558

    Lab: (205) 934-3093 and (205) 934-0424

    Website: https://sites.uab.edu/skhanal

    Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

    Teaching/research interests: Refractive errors; emmetropization and refractive development; retinal, choroidal, and scleral mechanisms of eye growth regulation, myopia onset, progression, and treatment; visual electrophysiology

  • Timothy W. Kraft, PhD

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    Professor
    Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

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    VH 346B

    (205) 975-2885

  • Jason J. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO

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    Professor
    Senior Associate Vice President for Research

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    AB 714 and HPB 502

    (205) 975-3497

    Teaching/research interests: Anterior segment, cornea, contact lenses, dry eye disease, meibomian gland disease

  • Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO

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    Dean

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    HPB 121A

    (205) 975-9935

    Teaching/research interests: Dry Eye Disease

  • Steven J. Pittler, PhD, FARVO, FAAO

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    Professor
    Director, Vision Science Research Center

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    VH 375B

    (205) 934-6744

    Teaching/research interests: Teaching: Biochemistry, Genetics, Ocular System, Posterior Segment

    Research: Retina, Photoreceptors, Phototransduction, Transgenic Mice, Gene Editing, Translational Genetics

  • Lawrence Sincich, PhD

    Lawrence Sincich.

    Professor
    Director of the Graduate Program

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    SHEL 911

    (205) 975-3446

    Teaching/research interests: Anatomy and physiology of the visual system (VIS 613), optics for vision science (VIS 610), visual psychophysics and perception (VS 122, VS 211), graduate educational initiatives.

  • Om P. Srivastava, PhD

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    Professor

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    HPB 437

    (205) 975-7630