Home Department: Neurobiology
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Huberman
Talk Title: Connecting the retina to the brain: specificity of subcortical targeting
Event: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2017 Annual Meeting
Supported by The Matthew Frank Family

Dr. Tammy Sirich's research is focused on dialysis and accumulated (uremic) solutes.  She conducts studies testing ways to reduce levels of uremic solutes and examining the contribution of uremic solutes to the clinical manifestations of kidney disease.  Dr. Sirich uses mass spectrometry techniques to quantify uremic solutes and identify new solutes.

Dr. Tait Shanafelt is the chief wellness officer, associate dean, and Jeanie and Stewart Ritchie Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Shanafelt is a hematologist/oncologist whose clinical work focuses on the care of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.