Sarah Xin Zhang
State University of New York
USA
Biography
Sarah X Zhang is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry and Neuroscience at School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York. She is a Faculty Member at the SUNY Eye Institute and Graduate School at SUNY Buffalo. She is a well-established Clinician Scientist and Vision Researcher and has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews and book chapters. Her laboratory studies disease mechanisms and ER stress signaling in diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucomatous retinopathy. She has served on Editorial boards for 7 professional journals and on NIH and international grant review panels.
Abstract
Abstract : Manipulating ER chaperones and the UPR for neuroprotection in retinal diseases