Jaya P. Gnana-Prakasam is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, USA. She completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University in 2009. She is interested in understanding the regulation of iron homeostasis during inflammation and the molecular mechanisms by which iron contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic diseases. She also works on exploring how iron accumulates with aging and its implications in the etiology of age-related diseases.