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Faculty in Ocular Biology

  • Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO

    "Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO"

    Assistant Professor

    earthur@uab.edu
    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.

  • Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO

    Assistant Professor

    skhanal@uab.edu

    HPB 526

    Office: (205) 934-4558

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

    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

    Timothy W. Kraft headshot.

    Professor
    Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

    twkraft@uab.edu
    VH 346B

    (205) 975-2885

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

    Kelly K. Nichols headshot.

    Dean

    nicholsk@uab.edu
    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

    pittler@uab.edu
    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

    sincich@uab.edu
    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.