Dr. Lucia Sobrin
Charles Edward Whitten Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Chief of Clinical Data Science
Co-Director of the MEE Clinical Data Science Institute
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Harvard Medical School
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Biography
Dr. Sobrin’s research focuses on identifying genes associated with polygenic ophthalmic diseases, particularly diabetic retinopathy. She led a candidate gene association study of diabetic retinopathy within the Candidate gene Association Resource (CARe), which included patients from several large population-based cohorts as well as an admixture genetic association study for diabetic retinopathy in African Americans. Currently, she is the principal investigator a multi-ethnic genome-wide association study of diabetic retinopathy. She is also has an interest in ocular disease pharmacogenetics and is chair of the Genetics Committee for the DRCR.net.