Dr. Edwards serves as the Director for the Animal Module. Dr. Edwards has been working with animal models for over 20yrs. She trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, ME where she gained experience with mouse genetics, ocular phenotyping and mouse husbandry. Since joining Wilmer in 2003, Dr. Edwards has worked on both mouse and rat models of retinal degeneration. Dr. Edwards also served on the ARVO Animals in Research Committee. As Director of the Animal Module, she signs off on all personnel receiving approval to enter and work in the operating rooms. She also oversees use and approves access to all equipment within the Animal Core. She ensures all equipment is working correctly and organizes repairs or upgrades as needed. Dr. Edwards regulates the Core calendar for equipment use. Dr. Edwards does not regulate access to the animal rooms or oversee animal care, this is done by the Johns Hopkins University Division of Comparative Medicine.

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Dr. Bhutto is a trained vitreoretinal surgeon with over 25 years of experience working with animal models to study ocular disease. He has experience with all equipment in our facility and has used several different animal models. Dr. Bhutto supervises the operating rooms and equipment. He is available to train new users on the equipment, including the operating microscopes. Dr. Bhutto assists with overseeing the use of and approves access to all equipment within the Animal Core.

Manager of the JHU Functional Investigations in Zebrafish (FINZ) facility since 2010. For more information please visit the Zebrafish page.