Professor, UC Berkeley School of Optometry
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Chief, UC Berkeley Sjogren's Clinic
Co-Chief, UC Berkeley Dry Eye Clinic

10 selected from 77 publications.

McNamara NA, Ge S, Lee SM, Enghauser AM, Kuehl L, Chen FY, Gallup M, McKown RL. Reduced levels of lacritin are associated with corneal neuropathy in patients with the ocular component of Sjögren's syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016, Oct;57(13):5237-5243. ISSN: 1552-5783

Vaishnav YJ, Rucker SA, Saharia K, McNamara NA. Rapid, automated mosaicking of the human corneal subbasal nerve plexus. Biomed Tech. 2017 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28258973

Zhang L, Gallup M, Zlock L, Chen YT, Finkbeiner WE, McNamara NA. Cigarette smoke mediates nuclear to cytoplasmic trafficking of transcriptional inhibitor Kaiso through MUC1 and p120-catenin. Am J Pathol. 2016 Dec;186(12):3146-3159. PMID: 27765636

Farmer DT, Finley JK, Chen FY, Tarifeno-Saldivia E, McNamara NA, Knox SM, McManus, MT. miR-205 is a critical regulator of lacrimal gland development. Dev Biol. 2017 Jul 1;427(1):12-20. PMID: 28511845

Belmonte C, Nichols JJ, Cox SM, Brock JA, Begley CG, Bereiter DA, Dartt DA, Galor A, Hamrah P, Ivanusic JJ, Jacobs DS, McNamara NA, Rosenblatt MI, Stapleton F, Wolffsohn JS. TFOS DEWS II pain and sensation report. Ocul Surf. 2017 Jul;15(3):404-437. PMID:287363339

Chen FY, Lee A, Ge S, Nathan S, Knox SM, McNamara NA. Aire-deficient mice provide a model of corneal and lacrimal gland neuropathy in SjÖgren’s syndrome. PLoS One. 2017 Sep 19;12(9):e0184916. PMID: 28926640

Chen FY, Gaylord E, McNamara N, Knox S. Deciphering molecular and phenotypic changes associated with early autoimmune disease in the Aire-deficient mouse model of SjÖgren’s syndrome. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Nov 17;19(11), 3628. PMID: 30453645

Klarlund JK, Callaghan JZ, Stella NA, Kowalski RP, McNamara NA, Shanks RMQ. Use of collagen binding domains to deliver molecules to the cornea. J Ocul Pharm Ther. 2019, Nov;35(9):491-496. PMID: 6839418

McNamara NA, Polse KA: Community health centers: A model for integrating eye care services with the practice of primary care medicine. Opt Vis Sci. 2019, Dec;96(12):905- 909. PMID: 31834149

Alterations in corneal biomechanics underlie early stages of auto immune mediated Dry Eye disease. J Autoimm. 2020; (114):102500