Julie H. Sandell, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Julie Sandell is Emeritus Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She also served as Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Chair of the Faculty Council for Boston University, and member, ex officio, of the Board of Trustees.

Julie has been a faculty member in the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine since 1991. She is a retinal neuroanatomist and former Vice Chair of the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology. She has particular expertise in anatomical changes in the retina in retinitis pigmentosa in humans and animal models, including rabbits, rats, dogs and pigs. In 2001 she received the Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching award at the medical school.

Julie received her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984, and her AB from Princeton University in 1979.

Publications

  • Published 1/10/2012

    Noel JM, Fernandez de Castro JP, Demarco PJ, Franco LM, Wang W, Vukmanic EV, Peng X, Sandell JH, Scott PA, Kaplan HJ, McCall MA. Iodoacetic acid, but not sodium iodate, creates an inducible swine model of photoreceptor damage. Exp Eye Res. 2012 Apr; 97(1):137-47. PMID: 22251455.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/30/2011

    Scott PA, Kaplan HJ, Sandell JH. Anatomical evidence of photoreceptor degeneration induced by iodoacetic acid in the porcine eye. Exp Eye Res. 2011 Oct; 93(4):513-27. PMID: 21740901.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/1/2008

    Liang L, Katagiri Y, Franco LM, Yamauchi Y, Enzmann V, Kaplan HJ, Sandell JH. Long-term cellular and regional specificity of the photoreceptor toxin, iodoacetic acid (IAA), in the rabbit retina. Vis Neurosci. 2008 Mar-Apr; 25(2):167-77. PMID: 18442439.

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  • Published 3/24/2007

    Liang L, Sandell JH. Focus on molecules: homeobox protein Chx10. Exp Eye Res. 2008 Apr; 86(4):541-2. PMID: 17582398.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/3/2003

    Sandell JH, Peters A. Disrupted myelin and axon loss in the anterior commissure of the aged rhesus monkey. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Nov 3; 466(1):14-30. PMID: 14515238.

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Other Positions

  • Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
    Boston University

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Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD
  • Princeton University, AB

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