Distinguished Lecture Series December 2025 — Machelle Pardue, PhD

Distinguished Lecture Series December 2025 — Machelle Pardue, PhD

Our 2025 Doheny Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) December lecture was delivered by Machelle Pardue, PhD, on Friday, December 12, 2025. Please refer to the lecture details below.

• Date: 12/12/25
• DLS Speaker: Machelle Pardue, PhD
  Vice Chair of Research and Acting Professor of Ophthalmology
  Emory University School of Medicine
• Presentation Title: “Early Functional Deficits in Diabetic Retinal Disease: Translating Retinal Physiology into Clinical Practice”
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Location: Doheny Eye Institute, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 150 North Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA

Bio:
Dr. Machelle Pardue’s work examines the retinal signaling pathways that underlie myopia progression, especially the interplay of all-trans retinoic acid and dopamine under different lighting conditions to modulate eye growth. She also investigates levodopa treatment as a means to rescue early functional changes in preclinical diabetic retinopathy before vascular damage emerges.