Miami Eye Team

The cross-campus Miami Eye Team is the umbrella component for research at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. It draws together all eye and vision researchers at the University of Miami and other local institutions to share in research activities, collaborative expertise, core resources, and educational programs. The Miami Eye Team is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a core center grant (P30 EY14801) from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
The Miami Eye Team includes all faculty members with primary appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology. The following investigators come from other departments or organizations outside the University of Miami:

Fotios M. Andreopoulos, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Janet C. Blanks, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy; Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
Kermit L. Carraway, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Sharon J. Elliot, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Jack W. Fell, PhD, Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
David J. Lee, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health
Vance P. Lemmon, PhD, Professor of Neurological Surgery
Peter J. Milne, PhD, Professor, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
Carlos T. Moraes, PhD, Professor of Neurology
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Director, Miami Institute for Human Genomics
Vladlen Z. Slepak, PhD, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
Scheffer C. G. Tseng, MD, PhD, Research & Medical Director, Tissue Tech, Inc.

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