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Roomasa Channa is a retina specialist at the UW Comprehensive Diabetes Center, focusing on studying vision loss associated with diabetic retinal diseases (DRDs). She is specifically interested in elucidating the role of retinal neurodegeneration in vision loss linked to diabetes and identifying patients at risk for developing neurodegenerative changes. Her research addresses critical issues that contribute to DRDs being a leading cause of vision loss among working-aged adults. These issues include poor compliance with recommended eye screenings and treatments, as well as patients continuing to experience poor vision despite receiving standard care. Her work focuses on implementing point-of-care artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to improve access to screening for diabetic retinopathy and identifying novel pathways contributing to vision loss in diabetes by leveraging advancements in retinal imaging, AI-based tools, and genetic data.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences