Dr Shiwani Sharma has been pursuing ophthalmic research in the College of Medicine and Public Health for more than twenty years. Her research focuses on decipehring molecular mechanisma of genetically predisposed ophthalmic diseases. She has undertaken several research projects, including on corneal dystrophies, inherited and age-related cataracts and glaucoma, and published her research in leading international scientific journals such as Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics and Journal of Cell Science. She has presented her research at meetings of national and international scientific societies, including the International Society for Eye Research, Asia and Oceania Society for Photobiology, and Australian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, as an invited speaker.