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David Simons, Ph.D.

Medical School

Undergraduate Institution: Taylor University

Year: Third-Year Medical Student

Graduate Program: Neuroscience

Mentor: Samuel Wu, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Retinal Gene Therapy in a Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Mouse Model

Publications:

Simons DL, Boye SL, Hauswirth WW, Wu SM. Gene therapy prevents photoreceptor death and preserves retinal function in a Bardet-Biedl syndrome mouse model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011;108(15):6276-81.