
Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO
Principal Investigator
skhanal@uab.edu

Rohit Dhakal, BOptom, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
rdhakal@uab.edu

Adarsha Shah, BS
OD/MS candidate
akshah@uab.edu

Gavin J Buba, BS
OD/MS student
gjbuba@uab.edu

Sindhu Gurrala, BDS, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
sgurral2@uab.edu
Past Members
Aaron Ousterhout, BS (Researcher II)
Sadhana Sharma, MOptom, PhD Student (Lab Rotation)
Iuliia Dorofeeva, MS, PhD Student (Lab rotation)
Nilda Sanchez-Castellanos, PhD (Postdoc fellow)
Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy, OD, FAAO, PhD Student (Lab Rotation)
Tiara Plymouth, BS (Clinical Research Coordinator)
Abigail Witmer, OD, Pediatric Resident (Clinical Investigator)
Ola M. Eloubeidi, BS student (Research Assistant)