Education
- BA, in Biology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1974
- MS, in Microbiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1976
- PhD, in Microbiology/Immunology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1982
- Postdoctoral Training, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Richard K. Gershon
Honors
- Robert E. McCormick Scholar, Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc., 1988-1989
- Research to Prevent Blindness, Lew Wassermann Award, 2001-2002
- Designated Fellow of ARVO (FARVO), 2009
- Research to Prevent Blindness, Senior Scholar Award, 2011-2012