Research Faculty
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan, MD
- Charles and Margaret Dyson Professor
of Ophthalmic Research
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Neurosciences
Director, Tri-Institutional Training Program in Vision Research
- Phone: (212) 746-2290
- Fax: (212) 746-8101
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Research Interest:
Dr Rodriguez-Boulan's laboratory is interested in epithelial cell biology, i.e.,
the study of the organization and function of epithelial cells.
There are more than one hundred different epithelial cells in the human
organism and their malfunction leads to a large number of human diseases,
including cancer. His main focus is on the epithelia in the eye and in the kidney.
His eye studies focus on the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE),
the principal support cell for the retina and for the light-sensitive cells,
the photoreceptors (rods and cones). In particular, his laboratory has shown that the
accumulation of the age pigment lipofuscin in RPE is an important contributor to age
related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that affects over 30% of the senior
population of USA. His group is currently working to develop several strategies
to slow down or stop the course of the disease.
- Researcher Profile: More about Enrique J. Rodriguez-Boulan, MD
Ching-Hwa Sung, PhD
- Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in Ophthalmology
Principal Investigator
- Phone: (212) 746-2291
- Fax: (212) 746-8101
- Research Interest: Molecular and cellular pathogenesis underlying retinitis pigmentosa (RP), age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and proliferative vitreo retinopathy (PVR); Therapeutic interventions of these retinopathies.
- Researcher Profile: More about Ching-Hwa Sung, PhD
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