Email

swu@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor and Camille and Raymond Hankamer Chair in Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology-Departmental
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Professor

Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Professor

Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

AB from University Of California, Berkeley

06/1973 - Berkeley, California United States

Physics and Biophysics

PhD from Harvard University

06/1979 - Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Biophysics

Postdoctoral Training at University Of California, Berkeley

12/1981 - Berkeley, California United States

Neurobiology

Honors & Awards

Alcon Research Institute Award

Alcon Research Institute (03/2011)

Friedenwald Award

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (05/2009)

Ludwig von Sallmann Prize

International Society for Eye Research (07/2008)

Boycott Prize

FASEB Summer Research Conference (07/2006)

James M. Barr Award for Outstanding Retina Research Achievement

Retina Research Foundation (10/2005)

Senior Scientific Investigators Award

Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (07/1997)

Marjorie W. Margolin Prize

Retina Research Foundation (03/1991)

Dolly Green Scholars Award

Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (07/1989)

Sam and Bertha Brochstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in Retina Research

Sam and Bertha Brochstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in Retina Research, Retina Research Foundation

Websites

Funding

Physiology and Pharmacology of Synapses in the Retina - #RO1EY004446

Grant funding from National Eye Institute

Rod and Cone Signaling Pathways in Mammalian Retina - #RO1EY019908

Grant funding from National Eye Institute

Vision Research Center Grant - #P30EY002520

Grant funding from National Eye Institute

Research Training in Visual Sciences - #T32EY007001

Grant funding from National Eye Institute