She was recently awarded a Ledell Family Research Scholarship for Science and Engineering to study gene editing in autosomal dominant inherited retinal diseases.
The hope is that her work from these preclinical studies can be translated to offer novel treatments for patients with these conditions.
Juan was awarded a Biology Undergraduate and Master’s Mentorship Program award from the University of California, San Diego to study the use of TENS machines in the reduction of pain associated with wet age-related macular degeneration injections in the clinic.
Kristyn Huffman joins the Borooah Lab in the Shiley Eye Institute with a BS in Molecular Biology and 7 years’ experience in ophthalmic research.
Welcome to Dr Jennifer Hernández Juárez, who has been appointed to the laboratory as a new post-doctoral researcher. She brings with her experience in genetics and cell culture to drive the gene-editing projects aiming to develop translational treatments for inherited Macular Degenerations.
Welcome to Dr Qais Zawaydeh joins the laboratory. Qais is a physician who will be assisting us with both laboratory research, as our new research assistant, and with clinical research as we build our clinical trial programs.