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Steven Nusinowitz, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology Stein Eye Institute David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Brief Bio Dr. Nusinowitz received a Master’s of Art and the Doctor of Philosophy from the Department of Psychology at York University, Toronto, Canada, with a specialty in visual psychophysics and perception. He did post-doctoral training at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas, Texas, before being recruited to the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA in 1995. He is currently Full Professor in Residence and is Director of the Visual Physiology Clinical Laboratory and the small animal Live Imaging and Functional Evaluation (LIFE) core. Dr. Nusinowitz is a member of the Basic Science Division and the Retinal Disorders and Ophthalmic Genetics Division. Dr. Nusinowitz's primary research interest is the study of the sites and mechanisms of disease action in inherited eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt Disease. Using electrophysiological and psychophysical techniques, he is evaluating patients with diseases of the retina and known genetic abnormalities to better understand how specific gene mutations result in the wide spectrum of disease expression. In the laboratory, he is studying mice with retinal disease in order to identify new candidate genes that may be involved in human disease. Additionally, he is developing and characterizing mouse models that can be used to test hypotheses about the underlying pathophysiology of ocular disease in both humans and mice, to document the natural history of visual function in normal and diseased eyes, and to determine the efficacy of a variety of treatment strategies.