Reza Dana, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Laboratory Staff
Sunil Chauhan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
2006 -Present
“Regulatory T cells in corneal transplantation and corneal inflammation”
sunil.chauhan
@schepens.harvard.edu
Yihe Chen, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
2008 -Present
“Immunopathogenesis of dry eye”
yihe.chen @schepens.harvard.edu
Mohammad Dastjerdi, M.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
2006 -Present
“Development of new prognosticators for clinical corneal transplantation”
mohammad.dastjerdi
@schepens.harvard.edu
Giulio Ferrari, MD
Postdoctoral fellow
2009 - Present
“Immunobiology of chronic ocular surface disease”
Thomas Fuchsluger, MD FEBO
Postdoctoral fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor from University Hospital Essen, Germany
2008 - Present
“Regulation of cell apoptosis in tissue preservation and transplantation”
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Toshinari Funaki, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
2007 - Present
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Sunali Goyal, MD
Postdoctoral fellow
2007 - Present
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Amir Reza Hajrasouliha, MD
Postdoctoral fellow
2007 - Present
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Yiping Jin, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
2004 - Present
“Antigen-presenting cell trafficking in cornea and ocular surface”,
Schepens Eye Research and Institute and Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
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Hyung Kun Lee, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
2007 - Present
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Andre Okanobo, MD
Postdoctoral fellow
2008 - Present
“Pathogenesis of chronic corneal inflammation"
Schepens Eye Research Institute
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Daniel Saban, PhD
2005 - Present
Postdoctoral fellow
“Therapeutic induction of tolerance in transplantation"
Schepens Eye Research Institute
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Parastoo Sadrai, M.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
2007 - Present
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Sandhya Sharma, MSc
Postdoctoral Fellow
2007 - Present
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Hiroki Ueno, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2008 - Present
“Regulation of ocular surface stem cell niche”
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Qiang Zhang, M.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
2001 - Present
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Past Trainees
1996-2001 Mini Balaram, MD Postdoctoral Fellow "Ocular Surface Inflammatory Disease"; Currently: Medical Writer, Design Write, Princeton, N.J.
1996-1998 Suning Zhu, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Cytokine regulation of Adhesion Factors in Corneal Inflammation and Immunity"; Currently: Senior Research Associate, University of Toronto Dept. of Pathology, Canada
1997-1998 Elizabeth Davis, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow “Role of corneal angiogenesis in anterior segment inflammation” ;Currently Ophthalmologist, Minnesota Eye Consultants
1997-1998 Iva Dekaris, MD, PhD "Molecular mechanisms of antigen-presenting cell motility in the cornea and ocular surface"; Currently: Chair, University of Zaghreb Dept. of Opthalmology and Croatia Lions Eye Bank, Croatia
1998-1999 Satoru Yamagami, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Chemokine Gene Expression in Corneal Transplantation and Inflammation"; Currently: Associate Professor of Opthalmology, Jichi Medical School, Tokyo Japan
1998-2001 Ying Liu, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Induction of Immunity to Intracorneal Antigens" Currently: Research Associate, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA
1998-2002 Ying Qian, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Role of TNK superfamily Receptors in Corneal Immunity"; Currently: Resident in Opthalmology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1999-2002 Pedram Hamrah, MD Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow "Corneal Antigen-Presenting cell Function and Activation"; Currently: Resident in Opthalmology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1999-2001 Vikas Tewari Predoctoral student (Brown University); Currently: Ophthalmologist, Bridgewates Park Assoc., Brockton, MA
1999-2001 Pedram Hamrah, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, “Corneal antigenpresenting
cell function and activation”, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. Currently Fellow in Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA.
2000-2002 Sudhir Vora Predoctoral student in Pasteur Research Program, Harvard "Patterns of Chemokine Expression in Ocular Inflammatory Diseases"; Currently: Student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2001-2002 Flavia Mendes, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Outcome Measures in Anterior Segment Diseases"; Currently: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2001-2003 Clay Beauregard, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow “Role of caspases in inflammation and apoptosis in the cornea”; Currently Senior Scientist, Alcon, Inc.
2002-2003 Komal Trivedi, M.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow “Risk factors for pathogenesis of chronic ocular surface disease”; Currently: Schepens Eye Research Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 2001-2003 Syed Huq, M.D.
2001-2003 Syed Huq, M.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, “Pathways of allosensitization in corneal transplantation”; Currently Resident, U. Sydney, Australia
2002-2004 Claus Cursiefen, M.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow “Molecular regulation of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in the cornea”; Currently Assist. Professor and Director of Eye Bank, University of Erlangen, Germany
2003-2004 William Chen Postdoctoral fellow “Role of toll-like receptors in activation and function of corneal dendritic cells”, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
2003-2005 Stefano Barabino, M.D. Postdoctoral fellow “Molecular and cellular immunopathogenesis of dry eye syndromes”; Currently PhD student, University of Genoa
2001-2005 Abha Gulati, M.D. Postdoctoral fellow "Immunopathogenesis of ocular surface disease in dry eye syndrome" Schepens Eye Research Institut. Currently Clinician, Ophthalmic Associates
2003-2006 Rita Barcia, Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow (Co-mentor with Dr. Andrius Kazlauskas) “Molecular regulation of corneal endothelial cell apoptosis”
2004-2006 Eva-Marie Chong, M.D. Postdoctoral fellow “Molecular regulation of ocular surface immunity”; Currently Ophthalmologist, Arizona Medical Clinic
2004-2006 Saadia Rashid, M.D. Postdoctoral fellow “Immunopathogenesis of dry eye-related chronic ocular surface inflammation”; Currently Resident, Rhode Island General Hospital
2005 Claudia Fabiani, M.D. Research Fellow "Corneal Epithelial Proliferation and Thickness in a Mouse Model of Dry Eye"; Currently Resident in Ophthalmology, University of Rome, Italy
2005 - 2007 Xian Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow "Regulation of corneal transplantation by ex-vivo manipulation of donor tissues", Schepens Eye Research Institute and Mass. General Hospital
2001 - 2007 Lu Chen, MD, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow "Corneal Dendritic Cell Trafficking"; Currently Asst. Prof., Endowed Chair, UC Berkeley
2006 - 2008 Eui-Sang Chung, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow “Regulation of corneal heme and lymphangiogenesis in ocular surface immunity”
2006 - 2008 Jaafar El Annan, M.D. Postdoctoral Fellow,“Molecular mechanisms of corneal inflammation”, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Mass. General Hospital; Currently Clinician, Johns Hopkins
2003 - 2008 Linling Shen, M.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow "Maturation and Function of Dendric Cells in Adaptive Immunity and Transplantation”
2006 - 2007 Tatiana Ecoiffier, M.Sc. Predoctoral student "Regulation of ocular surface inflammation by integrins"; Currently PhD student, University of California, Berkeley.
2006-2008 Jaafar El Annan, MD, Postdoctoral fellow, “Molecular mechanisms of corneal inflammation”, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston MA
2006-2007 Eui-Sang Chung, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow, “Regulation of corneal heme and lymphangiogenesis in ocular surface immunity,” Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston MA
2007-2008 Khalid Alarfaj, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
