Dr. Annie Ryan is a pediatric visual electrophysiologist and clinical scientist. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Duquesne University in 2020. She then completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2025, where she utilized visual electrophysiology for diagnostic and therapeutic assessment applications of traumatic ocular injury models.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Eye Institute 2025-2026
- Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2025
- Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Duquesne University, 2020
Education & Training
Ryan AK, Asemota BI, Heisler-Taylor T, et al. Torsion-Induced Traumatic Optic Neuropathy (TITON): A physiologically relevant animal model of traumatic optic neuropathy, ed.Borlongan CVPLOS ONE2025;20(1):e0312220. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312220
Ryan AK, Heisler-Taylor T, Small SM, Elshaer ZA, Jackson EJ, Kannan V, Meeker S, Cebulla CM, Reilly MA. Ocular Therapeutic Delivery and Advanced Tissue Retrieval in Adult Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (219), e68049, doi:10.3791/68049 (2025).
Allyn MM, Ryan AK, Rivera G, et al. In Vivo Assessment of an Antioxidant Hydrogel Vitreous Substitute. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A Published online October 30, 2024. doi:10.1002/jbm.a.37813
Ryan AK, Rich W and Reilly MA (2023). Oxidative stress in the brain and retina after traumatic injury. Front. Neurosci. 17:1021152. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1021152