University of Sourthern California

Farzana Choudhury, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology Core Courses

Dr. Choudhury is a trained epidemiologist with more than 10 years of knowledge and experience from clinical, statistical and epidemiologic backgrounds. Her research interest includes general and ocular epidemiology.

More specifically, Dr. Choudhury is interested in assessing patient-reported outcomes of ocular conditions across population groups with different access to health care, globally and locally. During her PhD, she performed her research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Latinos, focusing on the risk factors associated with this potentially irreversible condition and understanding the impact of the disease on quality of life.

Dr. Choudhury’s past work experience includes working as an obstetrician and a public health care physician in South Asia and a biostatistician in the United States.