Erika D. Eggers, PhD
Associate Department Head, Research, Physiology
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Ophthalmology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Neuroscience – GIDP
Professor, Physiological Sciences – GIDP
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member, Graduate Faculty
Degrees
- PhD: Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, 2003
- BA: Physics (minors in Biology and Music), Washington University, 1997
Fellowship
Washington University, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, 2009
Research Interests
how synaptic inputs influence neuronal signaling and sensory signal processing in the healthy and diabetic retina; how increased ambient light, dopamine and neuronal calcium handling modulate signaling in the retina and how this modulation changes in early diabetes; single cell and whole retinal electrophysiology; immunohistochemistry; early treatments of diabetic eye disease