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Ashay D. Bhatwadekar

Medicine · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2005
Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsCircadian rhythm and melatoninAngiogenesis and VEGF in CancerRetinal Imaging and AnalysisRetinal Development and Disorders

Publications

144

Citations

2,280

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
AI-generated

Ashay D. Bhatwadekar studies diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease caused by diabetes that damages the retina and can lead to vision loss. The research explores how factors such as circadian rhythms (the body's internal clock), gene regulation, blood vessel growth, and metabolism contribute to retinal damage, and tests potential drug treatments in mouse and cell models. Some work also uses artificial intelligence to detect the disease from retinal images.

Diabetic retinopathy mechanisms and treatmentCircadian rhythm and retinal functionMicroRNA and gene regulation in eye diseaseRetinal changes in Alzheimer's and other conditionsAI-based retinal image analysis

Publication activity has varied year to year, peaking around 2020 and settling to roughly 5 papers per year in recent years, indicating a fairly steady output.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through April 2030 — about 4 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH T35EY031282through Apr 2030 · $56k awarded

    Short-Term Training in Ophthalmology Research for Medical Students

  • ActiveNIH R21EY037067through Apr 2028 · $436k awarded

    Orexinergic system and Circadian Rhythm Disruption

  • ActiveNIH R01EY032080through Jul 2027 · $539k awarded

    miR-92a as a biomarker of diabetic retinopathy

1 earlier award
  • NIH R01EY027779Sep 2017 – Jun 2024 · $382k awarded

    Circadian Rhythms in Müller Cell Dysfunction

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 2,280cohort median 616
h-index: 26cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 5.4cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 23% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 29 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.4/year recently
2017: 12 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 15 publications15202021: 5 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 5 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 2 collaborators at the same institution2019: 3 collaborators at the same institution2020: 3 collaborators at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 2 collaborators at the same institution2024: 3 collaborators at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science×17
  • Proceedings of IMPRS×7
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • PMC×4
  • Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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