Title
Professor

Department
School of Optometry


Faculty URL
https://optometry.berkeley.edu/people/john-g-flanagan-od-phd-faao/

Email
jgflanagan@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-3414


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Research Expertise and Interest
glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, neuroscience, neurobiology

Research Description
John G. Flanagan is a professor in the School of Optometry at UC Berkeley.? His research interests are in the following areas:
Glaucoma
Pathophysiology of glaucoma
Glial cell activation
Cellular models of glaucoma, capable of manipulating biomechanical stretch and ischemia
Biomarkers and proteomics
Biomechanics of the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve
Ocular hemodynamics
Clinical psychophysics and imaging (Structure and Function)
Aspects of spatial and temporal vision processing
Ocular chronobiology, particularly as it relates to glaucoma
Diabetic eye disease
Particular interest in diabetic macular edema and its natural history
Ocular hemodynamics in diabetes
Clinical psychophysics and imaging
Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Biomechanics of the lamina cribrosa of the optic nerve
Ocular hemodynamics
Clinical psychophysics and imaging (Structure and Function)
Aspects of spatial and temporal vision processing
Ocular chronobiology, particularly as it relates to glaucoma