UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation faculty and their research teams are attending the The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology “ARVO 2023” annual meeting in New Orleans, from Saturday, April 22nd 2023 to Thursday, April 27th, 2023. Details of their presentations and contributions for the event are listed below. All May See Foundation will host a Faculty & Alumni Reception on Sunday, April 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Napoleon House located at 500 Chartres Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans (reception details).
Faculty and Student Presentations and Contributions
Saturday, April 22
Punyanuch Pisitpayat
Stromal keratitis associated with CMV anterior uveitis
Date: 04-22-2023, Time (CDT): 7 PM
Location: Convention center room 343
Type: Paper
Session:
Sunday, April 23
Fanxiu Xiong
How are Dry Eye Therapies Associated with Dry Eye Signs and Symptoms Using G-computation? Insights from the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance
Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Posterboard # C0439
Type: Poster
Session: Anterior Segment and Trauma Epidemiology
Ethan Lindgren
The Roles of Extracellular Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CaSR) in Ocular Surface Ion Transport
Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 5:15 PM
Location: Room: 244
Type: Paper
Session: Corneal epithelium
Matilda Chan
(Moderator)
Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Location: Great Hall BC
Type: Moderating the Symposium titled Cell death in ocular health and disease: Mechanisms and emerging therapeutics
Session: Cell death in ocular health and disease: Mechanisms and emerging therapeutics
Corinne Shiu
Assessing Participant Confidence about Their Glaucoma After Using an Online Support Community
Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM
Location: Poster # 123-B0185
Type: Poster
Session: Glaucoma Epidemiology
Angela Matcham
Cdh13 Regulates Wide-Field Neuron Spine Morphogenesis in the Superior Colliculus
Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00-9:30 AM
Location: Poster #35-B0097
Type: Poster
Session: Retinal ganglion cells, visual circuits, and behavior
Monday, April 24
Yeabsira Mesfin, Kieran O’Brien, Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, Maanasa Indaram, Julius Oatts
Differences in Pediatric Ophthalmology Referrals Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:00 AM
Location: #3884300
Type: Poster
Session: Pediatric Epidemiology
Charis Hoppe
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Ophthalmology Follow-Up Adherence
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: 1427 – B0066
Type: Poster
Session: Pediatric Epidemiology
O’Rese J. Knight
A New Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to measure Intraocular Pressure
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: 1375-B0014
Type: Poster
Session: Aqueous Humor Dynamics, Trabecular Meshwork, and Ciliary Body 1
Mengya Zhao
Spp1 drives retinal neuron resiliency in glaucomatous neuropathy but not axotomy
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM-1:15 PM
Location: Posterboard#: B0248
Type: Poster
Session: Neuroregeneration and Neuroprotective Mechanisms
Allen Khudaverdyan
Microglia activation and its role in synapse disassembly in excitotoxicity-induced cell death model
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:15 PM
Location: 2047 – B0378
Type: Poster
Session: Immunobiology of Eye Diseases: The Ocular Microenvironment
Ivan Copado (medical student)
Predicting progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a public hospital population
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Location: 2284 – C0283
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy
Sangeetha Kandoi
Assessment of cellular and molecular changes in retinal glia of cone-dominant rodent during the seasonal hibernation and aging
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:15 PM
Location: Posterboard Number: 2057 – B0388
Type: Poster
Session: Immunobiology of Eye Diseases: The Ocular Microenvironment
Cathy Sun
Comparison of Diagnosis Codes to Clinical Notes in Classifying Diabetic Retinopathy Patients
Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Location: Poster 2298 – C0297
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy
Tuesday, April 25
Nicole Tsai
Comprehensive Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cell Diversity
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM to 1:45 PM
Location: C0144
Type: Poster
Session: Transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology
Cassie Martinez
Intermittent supplementation of small molecule accelerates photoreceptor maturation in retinal organoids
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
Location: 3182 – C0375
Type: Poster
Session: Stem Cells and Organoids
Jacqueline Lopez
Oxytocin and Secretin Receptors on the Ocular Surface
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Posterboard Number: C0308
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal cell and molecular biology
Paul Micevych
Individual and Systems-Based Risk Factor for Diabetic Vitrectomy in an Urban Safety-Net Hospital
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45-10:30AM
Location: #B0495
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy Medical
Julie Schallhorn
B0015: Corneal Higher Order Aberrations and Patient-Reported Outcomes after Cataract Surgery with Diffractive Intraocular Lenses
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45 – 10:30 AM
Location: Posterboard B0015 / Location – Exhibit Hall
Type:
Session: Session Presentation | Presbyopia and intraocular lenses
Stephanie Zhang
Association of male sex and vascular alterations on optical coherence tomography angiography in diabetes
Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45 – 10:30 AM
Location: Poster 2663-B0485
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy Medical
Wednesday, April 26
Li Xuan Tan
Optineurin dynamically regulates photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis and lysosome biogenesis in the retinal pigment epithelium
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Poster B0167
Type: Poster
Session: Cellular pathways underlying retinal degeneration
Ying Han
Impact of Lens Status on Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation Outcomes
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall Poster # C0278
Type: Poster
Session:
John Gonzales, MD; Jeremy Nortey, MD; Elizabeth Gebreegziabher, PhD; Tom Lietman, MD; Thuy Doan, MD, PhD
The gut microbiome distinguishes Sjögren’s disease from non-Sjögren’s disease: insights from the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: 418
Type: Poster
Session: Dry Eye (Clinical)
Colin Germer
Ceramide-mediated apical exosome release by the RPE triggers infiltration of microglia into the subretinal space in models of macular degeneration
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: R02-R03
Type: Paper
Session: Regulation of lipid metabolism in retinal health and disease
Jacque Duncan
Change in Cone Structure over 24 months in USH2A related retinal degeneration
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 2:00 PM
Location: Poster board #4645, C0110
Type: Poster
Session: Retinitis Pigmentosa
Ajay Kolli
Outer retinal reflectivity changes with reduced visual function following anatomically successful repair of macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 3:00 – 3:15 PM
Location: La Nouvelle C
Type: Paper
Session: Advanced imaging methods and clinical applications
Jonathan Li
Relationship of macular and choroidal thickness with axial myopia in a Singaporean cohort of myopic children
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 3:30 PM
Location: R09
Type: Paper
Session: Myopia: Structure-Function Relationship
Nisha Acharya
Effect of Climate Change on Eye Health:
Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 4:00 PM
Location: New Orleans Convention Center, Room R09
Type: ARVO LATE BREAKING SESSION ON GLOBAL HEALTH
Session: Advances and Current Challenges in Global Eye Health with a focus on Climate Change
Thursday, April 27
Linus Shen
METformin FOR the MINimization (METforMIN) of Geographic Atrophy Progression in Patients with Non-exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration – A Randomized Trial
Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 11:00 AM
Location: Great Hall BC
Type: Paper
Session: AMD Clinical Trials
Neel Pasricha
Optimizing Office-Based Pterygium Surgery
Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: 4800 – B0093
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal surgery: non refractive
Sophia Collis (Neel Pasricha presenting)
Optimizing Office-Based Pterygium Surgery
Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: B0093
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal surgery: non refractive