Rami Shahror, PhD, a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Highlighted Trainee Author for January 2026.
Shahror's research, “Recent advances and future challenges in nanosystems for ocular drug delivery,” focuses on identifying proteins linked to harmful blood vessel formation in the retina due to ischemia, which can lead to retinopathy and vision loss. “The main goal of my research is to create more effective treatments to prevent vision loss in patients with retinal disease,” he shared.
Additionally, he hopes that his research provides a new niche for understanding the role of myeloid cells and endothelial cells' interaction in the progression of retinopathy using different models.