Upon completion of her PhD in Biochemistry from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, Dr. Gross completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biochemistry at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Gross has been at UAB since 2006, teaches Ocular Biochemistry to Optometry students and signal transduction & phototransduction to medical, graduate and science & technology honor undergraduate students.Her laboratory focuses on protein trafficking in the retina and understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms of inherited rod-cone dystrophies, through which she has received support from the NIH/NEI and many private foundations. She is co-Director of the Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology graduate theme in the Graduate Biomedical Sciences and has recently completed the 2012-2013 UAB BLAZE Leadership program.