Dr. Jeffrey H. Boatright is a graduate of Brown University (ScB in Neural Sciences and Experimental Psychology) and Emory University (PhD in Pharmacology and the Neurosciences Training Program). He joined the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology in 1999 and is currently a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and a Research Biologist and Core Director at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center. His research focuses on retina-specific gene regulation, oligonucleotide-directed DNA repair gene therapy, transcleral iontophoretic delivery of pharmaceuticals and DNA constructs, neuroprotectants in the treatment of retinal degenerations and glaucoma, development of new animal models of retinal degeneration, exercise preconditioning as retinal protectant therapy and role of metabolic regulation in retinal health, damage, and disease.