The 7th Annual Vision Research Workshop is a trainee run symposium of poster and papers from throughout the Medical School, Wayne State University, Henry Ford Hospital and Oakland University.

The Vision Research Workshop highlights the research accomplishments of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research assistants/associates, residents, clinical fellows and medical students.

This activity has been approved for 3 CME Credits

Robert N. Frank Clinical Translational Lecture:

“Pink Eye and the Evolution of Human Adenoviruses”

James Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.

James Chodosh, MD, MPH is the Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School (HMS). He serves as Vice Chair for Education, Associate Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service, Director of Boston Keratoprosthesis, and Director of the Ocular Burn Service at Mass. Eye and Ear, an HMS affiliate. He is also a member of the HMS PhD Program in Virology. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, clinical fellowship in Corneal Diseases at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, postdoctoral research fellowship in Virology & Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Masters of Public Health degree at the University of Oklahoma. He is a recipient of the Alcon Research Institute Award, and four awards from Research to Prevent Blindness. He served as Chair of the Anterior Eye Disease Study Section, and on the National Advisory Eye Council, and is currently Chair of the FDA Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Chodosh has published over 300 peer reviewed papers and book chapters, and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He has personally trained over 60 clinical cornea fellows. He is internationally known and respected for his work on viral genomics and pathogenesis, and his work has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1996. His primary clinical interests include infectious eye disease, ocular chemical injury, Stevens Johnson syndrome, and the restoration of seemingly hopeless cases of corneal blindness with the Boston keratoprosthesis.