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Aquavella Lab

Welcome to the Aquavella Lab

Research Overview

Dr. James Aquavella has organized a group of basic scientists including Geunyoung Yoon, Krystel Huxlin, and Jim Zavislan to evaluate human tear film dynamics and its relationship to clinical dry eye syndrome. Utilizing three new technologies developed at the Flaum Eye Institute, including wave front analysis, OCT, and ellipsometry, the team is measuring variations in tear film thickness and composition related to the normal blink reflex during altered environmental conditions. This multidisciplinary approach -- which may lead to a better diagnosis and treatment of clinical dry eye -- is a collaborative effort between the Eye Institute and the departments of immunology, oral biology, optics, and dermatology.

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James V. Aquavella, M.D.
Principal Investigator

Publications

1. Bawany MH
2. Kudla C
3. Khan FA
4. Chung MM
5. Aquavella JV
Short-Term Outcomes of Pediatric Keratoprosthesis With the Near-Complete Conjunctival Flap.; Cornea; Vol 40(6). 2021 Jun 01.
1. Asbell PA
2. Aquavella JV
3. Hamrah P
4. Pepose JS
5. Rose L
6. Ucakhan O
ISOPT Clinical Hot Topic Panel Discussion on Cornea Anterior Segment Disease.; Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Vol 35(8). 2019 Oct.
1. Dohlman CH
2. Cade F
3. Regatieri CV
4. Zhou C
5. Lei F
6. Crnej A
7. Harissi-Dagher M
8. Robert MC
9. Papaliodis GN
10. Chen D
11. Aquavella JV
12. Akpek EK
13. Aldave AJ
14. Sippel KC
15. DʼAmico DJ
16. Dohlman JG
17. Fagerholm P
18. Wang L
19. Shen LQ
20. González-Andrades M
21. Chodosh J
22. Kenyon KR
23. Foster CS
24. Pineda R
25. Melki S
26. Colby KA
27. Ciolino JB
28. Vavvas DG
29. Kinoshita S
30. Dana R
31. Paschalis EI
Chemical Burns of the Eye: The Role of Retinal Injury and New Therapeutic Possibilities.; Cornea. 2017 Nov 09.
1. Wozniak RA
2. Gonzalez M
3. Aquavella JV
Keratoprosthesis in Ectodermal Dysplasia.; Cornea; Vol 35(7). 2016 Jul.

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Collaborators

Krystel Huxlin, Ph.D.

Research Professor

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James Zavislan, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor

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News

May 28, 2019 Brain stimulation speeds up visual learning in healthy adults, helps patients re-learn how to see.
September 6, 2017, Ruchira Singh, PhD, assistant professor at the Flaum Eye Institute, develops a new model for hard-to-study form of blindness paving the way for future research.
On May 5, 2017, 13 WHAM reports, Eye therapy gives sight back to stroke survivors. "We are trying to make the blind parts of the visual field see again", says Krystel Huxlin, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology.
On April 12, 2017, Science Blog's article "Retraining the Brain to See After Stroke" explains the type of visual training patients are undergoing designed by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Flaum Eye Institute.
On February 17, 2017, Dr. Richard Libby, PhD is awarded the 2017 Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma Research.

Contact Us

Aquavella Lab
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642

James_Aquavella@urmc.rochester.edu

(585) 273-3937

(585) 276-0292