Affiliation: Keio University School of Medicine, Laboratory of Photobiology & Keio University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. Toshihide Kurihara received his MD from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan in 2001. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Keio University Hospital in 2005, and obtained his PhD degree from Keio University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan in 2009. Then, he worked as a Research Associate at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla, California, USA, until 2013.

Dr. Kurihara is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Keio University, and a Principal Investigator in Laboratory of Photobiology at Keio University, Japan. He serves as an Editorial Board Member in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Ophthalmology, BioMed, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, BioMed Research International, Journal of Ophthalmology, and Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine.

Dr. Kurihara is interested in hypoxia responses in the development, physiology and pathophysiology of the retina, therapeutic visual restoration utilizing optogenetics, and myopia progress control by light environments.