Dr. Ram Prasad is a scientist in the Department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at UAB. His research interest has focused on studying the role of the gastrointestinal tract in disease progression, including metabolic disease, eye disease (retinal functions), cardiac pathology, molecular targets, particularly immunological alterations, oxidative stress, inflammation, epigenetic modifications, and microRNAs. Dr. Prasad is a member of various research organizations and is an editorial board member and reviewer of more than 50 journals.