The focus of basic and translational research at Boston Children’s Hospital may be grouped within a framework of clinical areas including:
The Department’s long-established basic research laboratories, led by Anne Fulton, MD; Gabriel Kreiman, PhD; and Lois Smith, MD, PhD, (all Professors of Ophthalmology) have grown in personnel and influence while maintaining continuous federal funding (exceeding three decades for Professors Fulton and Smith).
Additionally, the department has Independent PIs:
- James Akula, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
- Jing Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
- Zhongjie Fu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
- Mary Whitman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
- Ye Sun, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
There are also two Mentored Researchers:
Boston Children's ophthalmology basic researchers are leading or otherwise engaged in >100 research studies
There is also a broad reach of clinical research in congenital cataract, cortical development, eye trauma, neuro-ophthalmology, and ocular surface disease. Currently our clinical investigators are recruiting subjects for 21 clinical studies: