Positions

• Research Investigator, Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Atlanta VA, Decatur, Georgia

• Confocal Imaging Core Director, Research Service Line, Atlanta VA, Decatur, Georgia

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Atlanta VA and Emory University, Decatur, Georgia

• PhD in Vision Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

• Bachelor's of Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Professional Interests

• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of the retinal neurovascular unit

• Exercise as a neuroprotective method for retinal degenerative diseases

• The impact of environmental exposures on retinal disease onset

• In vivo retinal assessments to diagnose and monitor neurodegenerative diseases