Asfia Soomro

Dr. Soomro graduated from McMaster University with a background in Medical Sciences. Her doctoral research focused on developing tolerable fibrotic inhibitory strategies for chronic kidney disease (CKD), specifically targeting TGFB1-Activins, which are upregulated during CKD progression. Dr. Soomro now works under the supervision of Drs. Lyndon Jones, Chau-Minh Phan and Juewen Liu.

Dr. Soomro's intends to advance EyesoBio’s mission of developing improved assays for dry eye disease using cells-on-a-chip platforms. Building on her PhD expertise, her independent study will leverage EyesoBio’s innovative eye model to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying fibrogenesis, with a particular focus on Activin A-mediated profibrotic effects in diabetes.