Yuefang Zhou, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology and Psychiatry 1438 S. Grand St. Louis, MO 63104 yzhou2@slu.edu

Yuefang Zhou, PhD received her doctoral degree from the Department of
Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University and then worked as a
postdoctoral fellow before she joining the Division. She is currently is
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology & Psychiatry. Her
primary research interest lies in how Pitx2, a homeobox transcription
factor, regulates the postnatal growth and phenotypic maintenance of
extraocular muscles and cardiac muscles. Preliminary studies have
demonstrated that EOM contractility may be modified by alterations in
Pitx2 expression, which has therapeutic implications.