Uday Kumar Chekkilla, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education: PhD in Biochemistry
Research Projects: Being a part of an active research group, I am currently working on developing therapeutic gene therapy for treating/ preventing AMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) , IRD’S (Inherited Retinal Degenerations), Retinitis Pigmentosa-28.
Research Interest: Gene therapy, AMD, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Translational Ophthalmology
Career Ambition: Developing therapeutic strategies for preventing or treating eye diseases.
Memberships:
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- American Society of Nutrition (ASN)
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Awards & Honors:
- Awarded ICMR-SRF fellowship from the Indian Council of medical research (2017-2020)
- Qualified in TS-SET for lectureship (2017)
uchekkilla@meei.harvard.edu
