Yuefang Zhou, PhD

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.

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