Research Expertise and Interest
glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, neuroscience, neurobiology
Research Description
John G. Flanagan is a professor in the School of Optometry at UC Berkeley. His research interests are in the following areas:
Glaucoma
- Pathophysiology of glaucoma
- Glial cell activation
- Cellular models of glaucoma, capable of manipulating biomechanical stretch and ischemia
- Biomarkers and proteomics
- Biomechanics of the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve
- Ocular hemodynamics
- Clinical psychophysics and imaging (Structure and Function)
- Aspects of spatial and temporal vision processing
- Ocular chronobiology, particularly as it relates to glaucoma
Diabetic eye disease
- Particular interest in diabetic macular edema and its natural history
- Ocular hemodynamics in diabetes
- Clinical psychophysics and imaging
Neuroscience and Neurobiology
- Biomechanics of the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve
- Ocular hemodynamics
- Clinical psychophysics and imaging (Structure and Function)
- Aspects of spatial and temporal vision processing
- Ocular chronobiology, particularly as it relates to glaucoma
In the News
Wertheim Foundation pledges $50 million to UC Berkeley Optometry
The University of California, Berkeley, today announced that the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation has pledged a historic $50 million to the UC Berkeley School of Optometry, the largest gift ever to be received by a school of optometry in the country.
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