Aparna Lakkaraju

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the UCSF School of Medicine and Codirector of the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Graduate Program. Her research focuses on neurodegenerative diseases affecting vision and cognition, utilizing retinal models for drug discovery.

Contact:

• Email: aparna.lakkaraju@ucsf.edu
• Phone: 415-502-9670
• Office: UCSF Rock Hall Box 2822, 1550 4th St Rm 448F, San Francisco, CA 94143

Research interests include:

• Neurodegenerative disease mechanisms
• Therapeutic target identification
• Integration of genetics, bioinformatics, and imaging
• Clinical translation of drug candidates

Labs/teams:

• Lakkaraju Lab (ophthalmology.ucsf.edu/lakkarajulab)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Graduate Program leadership