Research Integrated Grand Rounds are held on Fridays from 7:30-8:30am and features a clinical case presentation followed by a research talk. Until further notice, the presentations will be held live via Zoom webcast. Please e-mail Joseph Yim at joseph.yim@med.usc.edu to obtain information for the Zoom webcast link.
2020-2021 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| August 28, 2020 | Hardeep Singh, PhD | Modeling Retinoblastoma Development In Explanted Retina |
| September 18, 2020 | David Cobrinik, MD, PhD Juan Carlos Martinez, MD |
Insights into retina and retinoblastoma development through single cell transcriptomics RAAS signaling as part of the wound healing process on the Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
| October 9, 2020 | Anita Penkova, PhD | Intravitreal drug transport – mathematical model and experimentations |
| December 11, 2020 | Noelle Stiles, PhD | Neuroimaging in the Blind with Retinal Prostheses: Does Sensory Reorganization During Blindness Limit Visual Restoration? |
| February 5, 2021 | Shinwu Jeong, PhD | In-N-Out TIMP-1 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 1) in Muller Glia in Retina |
| April 23, 2021 | Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD | Modernizing the Detection and Management of Primary Angle Closure Disease |
2019-2020 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 18, 2019 | Grace Richter, MD, MPH | OCTA in Glaucoma |
| November 15, 2019 | Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD | Tear Cathepsin S: biomarker and therapeutic target in Sjogren’s syndrome |
| January 17, 2020 | Roberta McKean-Cowdin, PhD | Prevalence and Biologic and Genetic Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in Multiethnic Cohorts |
| February 7, 2020 | Xuejuan Jiang, PhD | Refractive error in children before school age – what we have learned |
| February 21, 2020 | Brian Toy, MD | Clinical Informatics and Implementation Science in Ophthalmology |
| April 3, 2020 | Biju Thomas, PhD | Retinal Transplantation – Promises and Challanges |
| May 15, 2020 | Hossein Ameri, MD, PhD | CRISPR-Cas9 VEGF-A Gene Editing in Human RPE and Muller Cells |
| June 19, 2020 | Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD | The Interface of Oculoplastics and Dry Eye Research |
2018-2019 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| August 17, 2018 | Jack Whalen, PhD | Medical Device Innovation: Applying Materials Science in Ophthalmology |
| September 21, 2018 | Scott Fraser, PhD | Adding Dimensions to Intravital Imaging |
| October 19, 2018 | J. Bradley Randleman, MD | Advances in Keratoconus and Corneal Cross-Linking |
| November 16, 2018 | Seth Seabury, PhD | Quantifying the Economic Value of Anti-VEGF Therapy for wAMD |
| January 18, 2019 | Amir Kashani, MD, PhD | Capillary Loss in Retinal Vascular Disease: Insights Using OCT Angiography |
| February 15, 2019 | Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD | Electrical Field Application for Optic Nerve Regeneration |
| March 15, 2019 | Jesse Berry, MD | Aqueous Humor as a Surrogate Tumor Biopsy: The Future of Personalized Medicine for Retinoblastoma |
| April 19, 2019 | J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD | Mesenchymal Transition in the Corneal Endothelium |
| May 17, 2019 | Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD | Development of the Photoreceptor-Bipolar Cell Synapse: Insights from Human Retinal Organoids |
