Dr. Paul Gamlin

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Dr. Gamlin received his undergraduate training in zoology from the University of Cambridge. His studies then took him to Stony Brook University where he received his graduate training in neurobiology and behavior. His postdoctoral training consisted of look  at the neural control of eye movements from Drs. Lawrence Mays and David Sparks at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

He has previously served as director of the UAB Vision Science Research Center, the UAB Neuroscience Graduate Program, and the Center for the Development of Functional Imaging, as well as chair of the UAB Department of Vision Sciences. He is a past recipient of the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Gamlin’s research focuses on the visual system, especially eye movements. His current research looks at the coordinated movement of eyes, the non-image forming processes from the retinal pathways having to do with circadian rhythms, as well as light papillary responses, sleep, migraine, and mood. Future research has the potential to include looking at gene therapy techniques to treat patients with photo receptor loss due to disease or injury.

Dr. Gamlin gave a presentation to Lafayette College students on April 14, 2015 discussing a paper he co-authored. The paper was titled, Human and macaque pupil responses driven by melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells.