Daniel M. Albert Chair

Melissa Skala, MD

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

McPherson Eye Research Institute

Madison, WI

Dr. Skala’s Research Interests

Dr. Skala studies advanced retinal imaging technologies and her lab has developed a new technique, photo-thermal optical coherence tomography, which enables molecular imaging in the retina to detect early changes in tissue that may lead to age-related macular degeneration.

Dr. Skala is an expert in tissue engineering, metabolism, immunology and machine learning, all of which are of vital and growing importance to retina research. Her lab is part of a consortium to evaluate the effects of gene editing in the retina using an imaging technique she developed to assess visual cycle function in retinal cells.

To learn more about Dr. Skala’s research, click here to visit her laboratory website.