Raymond Lund
Raymond Lund has had an illustrious career in neuroscience, with over 400 career publications and service as chairman of three strong academic programs at the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of Pittsburgh and Cambridge University. Among his many awards and honors, he was one of the earliest recipients of a National Institutes of Health MERIT award. He also received the Edridge Green Medal from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1992) and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998).
His work spans half a century and ranges from fundamental studies of the organization of cortical and collicular visual pathways, to the first demonstrations that transplanted neuronal groups can rewire into the brain, and ultimately to the discovery that subretinal implants of engineered cells can provide protection against some forms of retinal degeneration.
Because degeneration of photoreceptors as a result of genetic defects affecting either the photoreceptors themselves or the associated retinal pigment epithelium represents the leading cause of blindness in humans for which no suitable treatment exists, these discoveries have been seminal and provide an opportunity to explore potential therapeutic approaches.
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Education: Ph.D., University College London, UK
Academic Appointments: Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences—University of Utah School of Medicine; Calvin and JeNeal Hatch Professor of Ophthalmology
A sample of major publications from Dr. Lund
Coffey P.J., Girman S., Wang S.M., Hetherington L., Keegan D.J., Adamson P., Greenwood J. and Lund R.D. (2002) Long- term preservation of cortically dependent visual function in RCS rats by transplantation. Nature Neurosci. 5:53-56.
Lund R.D., Kwan A.S.L., Keegan D.J., Sauvé Y., Coffey P.J., Lawrence J.M. (2001) Cell transplantation as a treatment for retinal dystrophies. Prog. Ret. Eye Res. 20:415-449.
Lund R.D., Hauschka S. (1976) Transplanted neural tissue develops connections with host rat brain. Science 193:582-584.