
Dr. Eells is Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is widely recognized as an expert in neurotoxicology and the mechanisms of retinal and optic nerve toxicity, and has served as an advisor and consultant to pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and the World Health Organization. She has in-depth knowledge of physiology, pharmacology, neurobiology and toxicology with particular expertise in ocular toxicology. Her research focuses on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction and reactive oxygen species in retinal and optic nerve disease processes. Her laboratory has been involved in the development and evaluation of new technologies for the analysis and investigation of ion channel physiology, mitochondrial bioenergetics, retinal cell metabolism and photoreceptor function.