Vision Science Graduate Program

Assistant Professor

earthur@uab.edu
HPB 519

(205) 996-6576

Teaching/research interests: Ocular Disease Detection and Diagnosis; Vision Science; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Geometric and Visual Optics; Advanced Retinal Imaging; Retinal biomarkers for early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema; Ocular biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias; Biological variable model for screening and early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in underserved populations.

Professor

tgawne@uab.edu
HPB 528

(205) 934-5495

Teaching/research interests: Information processing in the nervous system; retinal signal processing and the development of myopia ("emmetropization"), cerebral cortical dynamics and schizophrenia; science fiction and AI.

Assistant Professor

skhanal@uab.edu

HPB 526

Office: (205) 934-4558

Lab: (205) 934-3093 and (205) 934-0424

Teaching/research interests: Refractive errors; emmetropization and refractive development; retinal, choroidal, and scleral mechanisms of eye growth regulation, myopia onset, progression, and treatment; visual electrophysiology

Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

twkraft@uab.edu
VH 346B

(205) 975-2885

Dean

nicholsk@uab.edu
HPB 121A

(205) 975-9935

Teaching/research interests: Dry Eye Disease

Professor
Director, Vision Science Research Center

pittler@uab.edu
VH 375B

(205) 934-6744

Teaching/research interests: Teaching: Biochemistry, Genetics, Ocular System, Posterior Segment

Research: Retina, Photoreceptors, Phototransduction, Transgenic Mice, Gene Editing, Translational Genetics

Assistant Professor

jquinet@uab.edu
Shelby 903

(205) 934-6757

Teaching/research interests: Eye movements, Binocular vision

Professor
Director of the Graduate Program

sincich@uab.edu
SHEL 911

(205) 975-3446

Teaching/research interests: Anatomy and physiology of the visual system (VIS 613), optics for vision science (VIS 610), visual psychophysics and perception (VS 122, VS 211), graduate educational initiatives.

Assistant Professor

wangyc@uab.edu
VH 390C

(205) 975-0732

Teaching/research interests: Physiology, anatomy, neurobiology and biochemistry of the retina

Associate Professor

jfmead@uab.edu

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Sjogren's syndrome, dry eye, MGD, glaucoma diagnosis and management, retinal imaging, assessment of systemic diseases relevant to optometry, recognition and management of in-office emergencies using simulation