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Email

rpriya@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology-Departmental
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Education

MSc from University of Delhi

New Delhi, India

Genetics

PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)

Bangalore, India

Human Molecular Genetics

Postdoctoral Fellowship at National Eye Institute/NIH

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Genetics and genomics of retinal and macular degenerative diseases

Professional Interests

• Gene expression regulations and their role in AMD
• Genetics of retinal and macular degenerative diseases
• Role of cis-regulatory elements in ocular diseases

Websites

Selected Publications

• Singh N, Swaroop A, Ratnapriya R.. " " Adv Exp Med Biol.. 2021 ; 1256 : 201-219.
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• Ratnapriya R, Acar Ä°E, Geerlings MJ, Branham K, Kwong A, Saksens NTM, Pauper M, Corominas J, Kwicklis M, Zipprer D, Starostik MR, Othman M, Yashar B, Abecasis GR, Chew EY, Ferrington DA, Hoyng CB, Swaroop A, Hollander AI.. " " Hum Mol Genet. 2020 ;
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• Ratnapriya R, Sosina OA, Starostik MR, Kwicklis M, Kapphahn RJ, Fritsche LG, Walton A, Arvanitis M, Gieser L, Pietraszkiewicz A, Montezuma SR, Chew EY, Battle A, Abecasis GR, Ferrington DA, Chatterjee N, Swaroop A. " " Nat Genet. 2019 ; 51 : 606-610.
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• Pietraszkiewicz A, van Asten F, Kwong A, Ratnapriya R, Abecasis G, Swaroop A, Chew EY. " " Ophthalmology. 2018 ; 125 (3) : 398-406.
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• Hoshino A*, Ratnapriya R*, Brooks M, Chaitankar V, Wilken M, Zhang C, Starostik M, Gieser L, Torre LA, Nishio M, Bates O, Walton A, Bermingham-McDonogh, Glass I, Wong R, Swaroop A, Reh T. " " Dev Cell. 2017 ; 43 (6) : 763-779.e4.
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• Pierrache LHM*, Kimchi A*, Ratnapriya R*, Roberts L*, Astuti GDN, Obolensky A, Beryozkin A, Tjon-Fo-Sang MJH, Schuil J, Klaver CCW, Bongers EMHF, Haer-Wigman L, Schalij N, Breuning MH, Fischer GM, Banin E, Ramesar RS, Swaroop A, van den Born LI et al. " " Ophthalmology. 2017 ; 124 (7) : 992-1003.
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• Roberts L*, Ratnapriya R*, Plessis M, Chaitankar V, Ramesar RS, Swaroop A. " " Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 ; 57 (14) : 6374-6381.
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• Namburi P, Ratnapriya R, Khateb S, Lazar CH, Kinarty Y, Obolensky A, Erdinest I, Marks-Ohana D, Pras E, Ben-Yosef T, Newman H, Gross M, Swaroop A, Banin E, Sharon D. " " Am J Hum Genet. 2016 ; 99 (3) : 777-784.
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• Fritsche LG, et al. " " Nat Genet. 2016 ; 48 (2) : 134-43.
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• Yang HJ, Ratnapriya R, Cogliati T, Kim JW, Swaroop A. " " Prog Retin Eye Res. 2015 ; 46 : 1-30.
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• Grassmann F, Fleckenstein M, Chew EY, Strunz T, Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Göbel AP, Klein ML, Ratnapriya R, Swaroop A, Holz FG, Weber BH. " " PLoS One. 2015 ; 10 (5)
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• Ratnapriya R, Zhan X, Fariss RN, Branham KE, Zipprer D, Chakarova CF, Sergeev YV, Campos MM, Othman M, Friedman JS, Maminishkis A, Waseem NH, Brooks M, Rajasimha HK, Edwards AO, Lotery A, Klein BE, Truitt BJ, Li B, Schaumberg DA, Morgan DJ et al. " " Hum Mol Genet. 2014 ; 23 (21) : 5827-37.
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• Fritsche LG, et al. " " Nat Genet. 2013 ; 45 (4) : 433-9.
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• Priya RR, Chew EY, Swaroop A. " " Ophthalmology. 2012 ; 119 (12) : 2526-36.
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• Ajeet Singh, Rinki Ratnapriya. " " Hum Mol Genet. 2025 ; 34(5) : 34(5):454-465.
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• Ma K, Nakajima H, Basak N, Barman A, Ratnapriya R. " " NPJ Genom Med. ; 10(1):48.
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Memberships

The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

Funding

Career Development Award

Grant funding from Research to Prevent Blindness

New Investigator Award

Grant funding from BrightFocus Foundation

Junior Faculty Seed Award

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Individual Investigator Research Grant

Foundation Fighting Blindness