Vision Research Center

WVU as an institution is committed to promoting Vision Research at WVU Eye Institute. The vision Research Center is a 5,000 sq. foot of laboratory space located on the third floor of the WVU Eye Institute. The Vision Research Center, directed by Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD [hyperlinked to faculty web page] is staffed by laboratory scientists who are making profound contributions toward advancing vision science and have collaborative partnerships with other WVU departments and other research institutions to build vision-related research.

Specific Aims of the Institute's Research Program

To expand the research program in visual neuroscience.
To provide translational research in visual neuroscience.
To establish collaborative partnerships with other WVU departments and other research institutions to build vision-related research.
To promote vision health.

Basic research Group

Jianhai Du, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-598-6903

Saravanan Kolandaivelu, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Joint Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-598-6925

J. Vernon Odom, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-598-6959

Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor, Biochemistry; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-598-6925

Maxim Sokolov, PhD

Positions: Faculty, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-598-6958