Affiliation: University of California, Department of Ophthalmology, and Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology PhD Program

Dr. Kaustabh Ghosh is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at UCLA, a Faculty in UCLA’s Graduate Programs in Bioscience (Mol. Cell. & Integ. Physiol. Home Area), and a Principal Investigator at the Doheny Eye Institute. His research aims to understand the mechanobiology of vascular inflammation and degeneration in eye diseases, specifically diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the W.M. Keck Foundation, BrightFocus Foundation, and Hellman Foundation. Prof Ghosh also serves on the NIH Study Section for the pathophysiology of eye diseases and as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports.