We share our research studies with physicians and scientists worldwide through publications in leading academic journals. View a listing of our faculty’s most recent publications.
Xing Z, Wu F, Cortes-Gomez E, Pao A, Gao L, Douglas A, Li Y, Spernyak JA, Wong GW, Singh PK, Wang J, Liu S, Thanavala Y, MacDonald IM, Mu X, Yu YE. (2025) Genetic Analysis of Choroideremia-Related Rab Escort Proteins. International journal of molecular sciences (Apr), 26(8)
Bryan R Gorman, Georgios Voloudakis, Robert P Igo Jr, Tyler Kinzy, Christopher W Halladay, Tim B Bigdeli, Biao Zeng, Sanan Venkatesh, Jessica N Cooke Bailey, Dana C Crawford, Kyriacos Markianos, Frederick Dong, Patrick A Schreiner, Wen Zhang; VA Million Veteran Program; International AMD Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC); Tamer Hadi, Matthew D Anger, Amy Stockwell, Ronald B Melles, Jie Yin, Hélène Choquet, Rebecca Kaye, Karina Patasova, Praveen J Patel, Brian L Yaspan, Eric Jorgenson, Pirro G Hysi, Andrew J Lotery, J Michael Gaziano, Philip S Tsao, Steven J Fliesler, Jack M Sullivan, Paul B Greenberg, Wen-Chih Wu, Themistocles L Assimes, Saiju Pyarajan, Panos Roussos, Neal S Peachey, Sudha K Iyengar. (2024) Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries. Nature Genetics (Dec), 56(12): 2659-2671. doi:10.1038/s41588-024-01764-0
Li X, Owen LA, Taylor KD, Ostmo S, Chen YI, Coyner AS, Sonmez K, Hartnett ME, Guo X, Ipp E, Roll K, Genter P, Chan RVP, DeAngelis MM, Chiang MF, Campbell JP, Rotter JI, . (2024) Genome-wide association identifies novel ROP risk loci in a multiethnic cohort. Communications biology (Jan), 7(1): 107. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05743-9
Research Funding
Role of Intrinsic Neuroprotective Signaling in Diabetic Retina. Sarah Zhang (Principal Investigator). National Eye Institute, NIH. $2,587,505. 4/1/2025-3/1/2030.
Molecular Mechanisms of Severe Diabetic Retinopathy. Joshua Jianxin Wang (Co-Investigator). NIH/NEI. $2,374,855. 2/1/2020-5/1/2029.
Molecular Mechanisms of Severe Diabetic Retinopathy. Sarah Zhang (Principal Investigator). National Eye Institute/NIH. $2,374,855. 9/1/2024-5/1/2029.