Research Faculty Labs
Angelucci Lab
The Angelucci Laboratory research focuses on identifying neuronal circuits that underlie functional properties of neurons in the visual cerebral cortex and, ultimately, visual perception.
Asare Lab
Afua Oteng Asare's research focuses on pediatric vision health; health services and systems research; health equity and disparities; cost effectiveness analysis; and implementation science.
Baehr Lab
The Baehr Laboratory explores the genes implicated in blinding retinal degenerations and the visual cycle using techniques from molecular biology, biochemistry, and neurobiology.
Bernstein Lab
The Bernstein Laboratory explores the biochemistry and biophysics of nutritional interventions against inherited and acquired ocular disorders.
Davis Lab
The Davis Laboratory is primarily interested in cortical mechanisms of visual perception and how these mechanisms are altered by damage or disease in the visual system.
Dubis Lab
The Dubis Laboratory is focused on explaining biological processes using data science and population health methods of large dataset acquisition, curation, and modeling.
Fleckenstein Lab
Monika Fleckenstein's primary research interest centers around degenerative retinal diseases, with a focus on age-related macular degeneration.
Hwang Lab
The Hwang Laboratory studies how the biochemistry and extracellular matrix structure of the vitreous changes throughout life from childhood through old age.
Jones Lab
The Jones Laboratory studies retinal circuitry/connectomics and metabolomics in neural plasticity in retinal disease.
Krizaj Lab
The Krizaj Laboratory is interested in "what makes cells alive". The main research model, the retinal photoreceptor, is a complex and highly specialized sensory neuron whose function is to transform light into electrical impulses.
McDonnell Lab
Fiona McDonnell's primary research area is the study of glaucoma, with a special focus in conventional outflow physiology.
Noudoost Lab
The ultimate goal of the Noudoost Laboratory research is an understanding of the neural basis of selective attention and working memory.
Pitha Lab
Ian F. Pitha's research focuses on the role of scleral cells, or the white of the eye, in glaucoma, and improving care for glaucoma patients by designing more effective and safe therapeutics.
Roy Lab
The Roy Laboratory focuses on understanding the functions of retinal cell types in the context of natural vision and visual disorders.
Tian Lab
Neuronal signals are processed in vertebrate CNS through parallel synaptic pathways. These synaptic pathways are formed with distinct cellular and molecular components and, in some cases, regulated by different mechanisms during development.
Vinberg Lab
The Vinberg Laboratory works to understand mechanisms in the retina that enable vision over a wide range of light intensities and colors, and how these mechanisms are affected in major blinding diseases including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Yang Lab
The research in Jun Yang’s laboratory is focused on the disease mechanisms and therapeutic treatments for retinal degenerative diseases using mouse models.
Research Centers
Key research initiatives at the Moran Eye Center include the Intermountain Ocular Research Center, Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Translational Medicine (SCTM), Utah Retinal Reading Center (UREAD), and the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma Innovation.
Research Publications
Contact Us
University of Utah School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
John A. Moran Eye Center
65 Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Phone: 801-585-3723
Fax: 801-581-3357
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Research
Phone: 801-581-4069
paul.bernstein@hsc.utah.edu
Sydney Gee, Associate Director of Research
Phone: 801-581-3560
sydney.gee@hsc.utah.edu
Julee LaMothe, Programs Manager
Phone: 801-585-3723
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Barbara Korous, Director of Operations
Phone: 801-585-6143
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