The College's comparative ophthalmology laboratories conduct ground-breaking research in inherited retinal diseases in canines. Researchers explore the causes of inherited retinal diseases and are developing genetic therapies to treat these diseases. The research in each of these labs holds promise for addressing human—as well as animal—eye disease.
Comparative Ophthalmology Researchers
Simon Petersen-Jones, DVet Med, PhD, DECVO
Hereditary eye diseases in animals—primarily retinal degeneration phenotypes
Chris Pirie, DVM, DACVO
Glaucoma, clinical optics, vision, ophthalmic imaging techniques, and diagnostic imaging
Brian Leonard, DVM, PhD, DACVO
Corneal healing at the cellular level, with the ultimate goal of finding ways to improve the healing process, as well as ocular surface disease.
Keiko Miyadera, DVM, PhD, DACVO
Genome-wide assays to identify disease causal variants, the investigation of disease onset mechanisms, and the development of gene therapies targeting different cell types in the eye.