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Michael Nork earned his MD and MS degrees and has extensive training in ophthalmology, including a residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and fellowships in ophthalmic pathology and the diseases and surgery of the retina at University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary and University of Wisconsin, respectively. He holds several degrees from the University of Maryland and Georgia Institute of Technology. His research is oriented towards understanding the mechanisms by which ocular diseases affect the outer retina, particularly the functionality of rods and cones. His work has revealed the selective loss of blue cones in conditions like retinal detachment and diabetic retinopathy. Currently, Nork is examining how retinal cones are affected in glaucoma, a condition typically related to outer retina damage. His contributions include collaborative research with departmental colleagues who have documented morphologic changes in photoreceptors using post-mortem human eye samples from individuals diagnosed with glaucoma.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences