Dr Shiwani Sharma

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 mechanisms underlying simple and complex genetic eye diseases. She has undertaken research in multiple corneal dystrophies, inherited and age-related cataract and glaucoma. Her research has been published in leading 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 reesearch at international and national conferences, including meetings of the International Society for Eye Research, Asia and Oceania Society for Photobiology, and Australian Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, as an invited speaker.