UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation faculty, along with their research teams, are gearing up for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting, scheduled May 3rd to May 7th, 2026, in Denver, Colorado. Their presentations and contributions for this event are outlined below.
Faculty and Alumni, please join us for our reception at Wright Room, Masonic Building, 535 16th Street Mall #240, Denver, on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 from 6:30 – 8:30pm (MST). Please RSVP by the end of the day, Friday, April 20th to Shelagh Stewart-Chung at shelagh.stewart-chung@ucsf.edu.
Faculty and Student Presentations and Contributions
On Demand Presentations
O'Rese Knight, MD
Effect of Indenter Size and Shape on Force-Displacement Response and Corneal IOP Estimation
Date: On-Demand Online
Location: On-Demand
Type: Presentation #OD127
Sunday, May 03
Elise Harb, OD PhD
Baseline Visual Experience Results from the Childhood Activity and Myopia Study
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 08:00 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Type: Poster #910
Session: Myopia: Genes, environment, and ocular changes
Vinod Reddy, PhD; Co-presenter: Jacque Duncan, MD
Disease Modeling and Therapeutic Evaluation of P23H Rhodopsin Retinitis Pigmentosa with Patient iPSC Derived Retinal Organoids
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 01:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 780 – 0773
Session: 2D and 3D disease modeling
Mentor: Erik Ullian
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
Leveraging super-resolution imaging and omics datasets to identify powerful drug targets for retinal degenerative diseases
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 02:00 PM
Location: Mile High 4C
Type: Minisymposium talk
Session: Big data, AI, and immunoinformatics: Bridging ocular immunology and precision care
Jenny Lu, BA
Comparative Analysis of Endothelial Cell Density in Glaucoma Patients with Stable Status vs. Need for Surgical Intervention
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 03:15 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0628
Poster Range: 0609 – 0641
Session: Corneal Endothelium
Mentor: Ying Han
Bezawit Danna, BS
Targeting Mitochondrial Oxidative Homeostasis in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium by Modulating Redox Signaling
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 03:15 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0710
Poster Range: 0697 – 0713
Session: Retinal Cell Biology
Mentor: Aparna Lakkaraju
Yao Tong, PhD
Mechanisms that drive the loss of mitochondrial integrity in the retinal pigment epithelium in macular degeneration
Date and Time (MT): 5/3/2026, 03:15 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0735
Poster Range: 1075 – 0735
Session: Retinal degeneration: Models and mechanisms
Mentor: Aparna Lakkaraju
Monday, May 04
Paige Leary, PhD
Changes in cone pathway function following rod loss in the mature mouse retina
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 11:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #1467
Session: Retinal ganglion cell function and dysfunction
Mentor: Felice Dunn
Ronald Mezile, BA
Functions of transcription factor Pou2f2 in retinal ganglion cell differentiation
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 11:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0091
Poster Range: 0086 – 0125
Session: Retinal development
Mentor: Luciano Greig
Xinyi Chen, MD
Systemic antimetabolite use and reduced risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy after primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 11:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #1601
Poster Range: 1601
Session: Vitreoretinal surgery and retinal detachment II
Mentor: Jay Stewart
Kelly Nguyen, MS
Diagnostic accuracy of a handheld electroretinography test for mild, moderate, and severe glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 12:15 PM
Location: Mile High 4E
Type: Presentation #1402
Session: Diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making
Mentor: Yvonne Ou
Can Zhao, MD PhD
Blockade of mitochondrial components release by exosome pathway promotes the pathogenesis of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0404
Session: Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy
Mentor: Ying Han
O'Rese Knight, MD
Heat-induced stress and apoptosis in corneal epithelial cells
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0468
Session: Cornea
Tahvi Frank, MD; Wenhao Shang, PhD; Will Keller; Arjun Shivkumar
Advancing Retinal Vascular Analysis: A Three-Dimensional Framework for OCT-A Segmentation
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0641
Session: OCT/OCTA development and technical advances
Mentor: Tyson Kim
Ying Han, MD PhD
Evaluating Clinical Outcomes of Ophthalmology-Optometry Co-Management of Patients with Stable Moderate to Severe Glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0754
Session: Cornea
M Aurel Nagy, MD PhD
Patient features predictive of intravitreal UBX1325 response in the ASPIRE Phase 2b trial
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0049
Session: Diabetic eye diseases
Mentor: Robert Bhisitkul
Joshua Radlow, BS
Payload Cytotoxicity in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells Does Not Predict Ocular Toxicity of Corresponding Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0419 – 0472
Session: Corneal Epithelium
Mentor: Neel Pasricha
Ying Han, MD PhD
Age-related optic nerve OCT and OCTA changes in subjects without glaucoma: a Five-year Prospective Study
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0579
Poster Range: 0552-0587
Session: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group
Bryce Bajar, MD PhD
Long-term effects of lens extraction on optic nerve structure in primary angle-closure suspects
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Type: Poster #0737
Poster Range: 0709 – 0740
Session: Diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making I
Mentor: Ying Han
Yvonne Ou, MD
Preference, Usability, and Symptom Burden in Vivid Vision Perimetry vs Standard Achromatic Perimetry
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0709 – 0740
Session: Diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making I
Xinyi Xu, MS
Real-World Optical Coherence Tomography Progression in Glaucoma Patients with Delayed Follow-Up.
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 03:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #2328 – 0760
Poster Range: 0741- 0769
Session: Diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making II
Mentor: Ying Han
Yvonne Ou, MD
ObjectFinder: A software platform for the automatic identification of retinal synapses and simulation of synaptic loss in animal models of glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/4/2026, 04:15 PM
Location: Bluebird Ballroom 1A
Type: Paper #1839
Session: AI applications and computational science
Tuesday, May 05
Yvonne Ou, MD
Survival, migration, and maturation of stem cell-derived replacement retinal ganglion cells after transplantation into glaucomatous nonhuman primate retina
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 10:00 AM
Location: Bluebird Ballroom 1A
Type: Paper #2487
Session: Survival, migration, and maturation of stem cell-derived replacement retinal ganglion cells after transplantation into glaucomatous nonhuman primate retina
Simon Fung, MD
Pediatric Dry Eye: An Emerging Concern
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 01:35 PM
Location: Mile High 1A
Type: Presentation #2868
Session: Session ID: 329 / Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Tyson Kim, MD PhD; Yvonne Ou, MD
Intravital imaging of microglia dynamics during synapse disassembly in glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 02:00 PM
Location: Mile High 4E
Type: Presentation #337
Session: Award Session
Simon Fung, MD
0090: Corneal Characteristics in High-Altitude Populations: A Scoping Review
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0090
Session: Session ID: 367 / Cornea
Simon Fung, MD
Structural and functional changes in corneal innervation after treatment with cenegermin: an in vivo confocal microscopy analysis
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0009
Session: Session ID: 366 / Cornea
Gerami Seitzman, MD
The Demographic Burden of Pediatric Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis (BKC)
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0061 – 0115
Session: Corneal stroma and keratitis
John Nesemann, MD MSc
The Demographic Burden of Pediatric Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0061 – 0115
Session: Corneal stroma and keratitis
Mentor: Simon Fung
Frank Brodie, MD
Development of Surgical Techniques for Implantation of Next Generation Subretinal Photovoltaic PRIMA Implant
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0723
Poster Range: 0723
Session: AMD: Translational Studies Session ID: 371 Retina
Leo Shen, MD MSc
Predictors of Missed Teleretinopathy Diabetic Eye Exams in a Public Safety-Net Population
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 03:30 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 0871 – 0920
Session: Diabetic retinopathy epidemiology
Mentor: Jay Stewart
Jonathan Horton, MD PhD
Quotidian Vergence and Intermittent Exotropia
Date and Time (MT): 5/5/2026, 04:15 PM
Location: Mile High 1A
Type: Poster #3350
Session: Quotidian Vergence and Intermittent Exotropia
Wednesday, May 06
Nisha Acharya, MD
Weisenfeld Award Lecture: From Clinic to Evidence: Advancing Research in Ocular Infection and Inflammation
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 08:30 AM – 09:15 AM
Location: Colorado Convention Center
Type: Weisenfeld Award Lecture
Luye An, PhD
Single-cell transcriptomic deconvolution of the ocular surface microenvironment in autoimmune-mediated dry eye disease
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 10:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0055
Poster Range: 0049 – 0094 (0055)
Session: Cornea
Mentor: Sarah Knox
Mariana Arino, BS
Community-Engaged Development and Thematic Analysis of Educational Materials for Glaucoma Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 10:15 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Type: Abstract #4136
Poster Range: 0342 – 0392
Session: Global and Public Health
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, Jeremy Keenan
Ying Han, MD PhD
Non-Damaging Light Exposure Exacerbates Retinal Ganglion Cell Ferroptosis in Experimental Glaucoma Models
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 10:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0816
Poster Range: 0811 – 0857
Session: Neuroprotection and neurorepair
Madelynn E. Mackenzie, BS; Co-presenter: Jacque Duncan, MD
Feasibility of Radial Optical Coherence Tomography and Central Microperimetry as Trial Endpoints for Geographic Atrophy
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 10:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster
Poster Range: 187
Session: AMD Imaging II
Mentor: Jay Stewart
Yuqi Shao, PhD
Light-driven activity alters cell type-specific resilience of RGCs in experimental glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 10:15 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: poster #0814
Poster Range: 4346 – 0814
Session: Neuroprotection and neurorepair
Mentor: Yvonne Ou
Shreya Menon, PhD
Intraocular Pressure Trends in the Untreated Fellow Eye After Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 11:15 AM
Location: Mile High 4E
Type: Presentation #3858
Session: Lasers and Surgery
Mentor: Catherine Sun
Albert Xu, BA
Decreased Test–Retest Variability at Lower Sensitivities with Virtual-Reality-Based Natural-Fixation Perimetry Compared to Humphrey Field Analyzer
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 12:30 PM
Location: Mile High 4E
Type: Presentation #1403
Session: Diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making
Mentor: Yvonne Ou
Hamidah Mahmud, MD
Change in Endothelial Cell Density in Glaucoma Patients with Xen Gel Stent
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 02:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0882
Session: Lasers and surgery I
Mentor: Ying Han
O'Rese Knight, MD
Using Self-Actuating and Self-Sensing Cantilevers to Measure Intraocular Pressure
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 02:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0136
Session: Cornea
O'Rese Knight, MD
Development of a novel piezoelectric self-sensing cantilever for corneal biomechanics measurements
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 02:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0117
Poster Range: 448
Session: Cornea
Anbukkarasi Muniyandi, PhD
Thrombospondin-1 enhances human retinal ganglion cell survival and neurite outgrowth in mouse retinal explants
Date and Time (MT): 5/6/2026, 02:15 PM
Location: Bluebird Ballroom 1A
Type: Paper
Session: Neuroprotection and neurorepair
Mentor: Yvonne Ou
Thursday, May 07
Yvonne Ou, MD
Comparison of Fixation stability between Standard Automated Perimetry and VR-based Natural Fixation Perimetry
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 08:00 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0008
Session: Visual Fields and other functional testing
Yvonne Ou, MD
Glaucoma neuroprotective trials: Combining sample enrichment, individualized location selection, and home-based perimetry dramatically reduces size, duration, and cost
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 08:00 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0024
Session: Visual Fields and other functional testing
Yvonne Ou, MD
Electrophysiological maturation of stem cell-derived donor retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) onto glaucomatous nonhuman primate retina and non-glaucomatous organotypic retinal explants
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 08:00 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall
Type: Poster #0206
Session: Posterior segment and optic nerve imaging
Ricardo Isaac Espinosa Lima, BA
Morphometric analyses of the retinal pigment epithelium reveal stress-specific mechanisms in Stargardt disease and AMD
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 11:45 AM
Location: Exhibit Poster Hall
Type: Poster #0464
Poster Range: 0457 – 0511
Session: Cell and gene therapy
Mentor: Aparna Lakkaraju
Marissa Anderson, MS
Evaluating Natural Fixation Virtual Reality Perimetry for Preoperative Functional Upper Eyelid Assessment
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 11:45 AM
Location: Poster Session #534
Type: Poster #534
Poster Range: 5634 – 0155
Session: Tele-ophthalmology
Mentor: Nickisa Hodgson, Yvonne Ou
Corinne Shiu, BS
Accurate baseline and structure-function results from a longitudinal study of a natural-fixation, at-home visual field test in glaucoma
Date and Time (MT): 5/7/2026, 01:15 PM
Location: Mile High 4E
Type: Presentation # 5572
Session: Visual fields and other functional testing #528
Mentor: Yvonne Ou