Education:
Residency
2021-2024
Ophthalmology Residency
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Internship
2020-2021
Preliminary Internal Medicine
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Medical School
2016-2020
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduate
2012-2016
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Professional Membership:
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Honors and Awards:
Retina Research Foundation-May 2019
Heather Joan Belsey Memorial Endowed Scholarship-April 2019
Medical Student Research Program National Eye Institute Research Grant-May 2017
American Academy of Neurology Research Grant-May 2017
Publications:
-Lu B, Christensen I, Yu T, Wang C, Yan Q, Wang X. SUMOylation Evoked by Oxidative Stress Reduced Lens Epithelial Cell Antioxidant Functions by Increasing the Stability and Transcription of TP53INP1 in Age-Related Cataracts. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 10 June 2019.
-Poster Presentation: The Susceptibility of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Glutamatergic Excitotoxicity Is TypeSpecific. ARVO 2019 Annual Conference. May 2019. Vancouver, CA.
–Christensen I, Lu B, Yang N, Huang K, Wang P and Tian N. The Susceptibility of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Glutamatergic Excitotoxicity Is Type-Specific. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15 Mar 2019.
-Lu B, Christensen I, Ma L, Yu T, Jiang L, Wang C, Feng L, Zhang J, Yan Q, Wang X. miR-211 regulates the antioxidant function of lens epithelial cells affected by age-related cataracts. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 18 Mar 2018.
-Lu B, Christensen I, Ma L, Wang X, Jiang L, Wang C, Feng L, Zhang J, Yan Q. miR-211 promotes lens epithelial cell apoptosis by targeting silent mating-type information regulation 2 homolog 1 in age-related cataracts. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 18 Feb 2018.
-Lu B, Christensen I, Ma L, Wang X, Jiang L, Wang C, Feng L, Zhang J, Yan Q. The miR-24-p53 pathway evoked by oxidative stress promotes lens epithelial cell apoptosis in age-related cataracts. Molecular Medicine Reports. 25 Jan 2018.
-Poster Presentation: The Effects of Glutamate Excitotoxicity on Retinal Ganglion Cells Ex Vivo. Deer Valley Medical Student Research Program Conference. Aug 2017. Park City, UT.
–Christensen I, Michael Barnes. Specialty Selection in the Face of an Aging Demographic in Taiwan. BYU Journal of Undergraduate Research. May 2015.
