Chemical and Biomolecular Research Program
Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, PhD
Dr. Swindle-Reilly, courtesy faculty, is an Associate Professor and College of Engineering Innovation Scholar. She leads a large collaborative research program working to use polymers to improve visual outcomes. Her ophthalmology collaborators on these projects include Drs. Mendel, Kerur, Ohr, Racine, Reilly, Cebulla, Heisler-Taylor, and Tamiya.
Dr. Swindle-Reilly leads an R01 funded project to develop tunable drug delivery technology for long-term release after intravitreal injection. Drs. Ohr and Swindle-Reilly are inventors on this drug delivery technology and are working to translate this to patient care.
She also directs a DOD funded project to explore new therapeutics and an anti-inflammatory nanoparticle delivery system to treat proliferative vitreoretinopathy and traumatic optic neuropathy. She is also part of several NEI funded projects to develop corneal drug delivery systems, investigate the impact of vitreous degeneration on glaucoma, and evaluate new anti-inflammatory treatments for age-related macular degeneration.