Cassandra Hays, PhD

Department

Medical Education

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

• Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
  Gulati Vikas, Toris Carol B., Fan Shan, Havens Shane J., Rudebush Tara L., Wenthur Stacey L., Hays Cassandra L., Effects of Growth and Development on Aqueous Humor Dynamics in Male Dutch Belted Rabbits
  66:12, p. 9 2025
• Journal of medical education and curricular development
  Tuin Ashley M, Palattao, Jr Kenneth A D, Kramer Kenneth L, Eno Cassie A, Schechter Thomas, Hays Cassandra, The Relationship Between Team Size, Location, and Performance in Preclinical Medical Education Active Learning
  12, p. 23821205251352311 2025
• Visual Neuroscience
  Mesnard Chris S., MESNARD CHRISTOPHER (Chris), Hays Cassandra L., Townsend Lou E., Barta Cody L., Gurumurthy Channabasavaiah B., Thoreson Wallace B., Synaptotagmin-9 in mouse retina
  41 2024
• Experimental Eye Research
  Mesnard C.S., Sladek A.L., Hays C.L., Barta C.L., Gurumurthy C.B., Thoreson W.B., MESNARD CHRISTOPHER (Chris), Quadros R.M., Grassmeyer J.J., Hinz K.K., Synaptotagmins 1 and 7 in vesicle release from rods of mouse retina
  225 2022
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS
  Wang Yuchen, Laboute Thibaut, Thoreson Wallace B., Martemyanov Kirill A., Cao Yan, Hays Cassandra L., Ray Thomas A., Guerrero-Given Debbie, Kamasawa Naomi, Ahuja Abhimanyu S., Patil Dipak, Rivero Olga, Kay Jeremy N., Adhesion GPCR Latrophilin 3 regulates synaptic function of cone photoreceptors in a trans-synaptic manner
  118:45, p. 1 2021
• eLife
  Hays Cassandra L, Sladek Asia L, Field Greg D, Thoreson Wallace B, Properties of multivesicular release from mouse rod photoreceptors support transmission of single-photon responses
  10 2021
• The Journal of general physiology
  Hays Cassandra L., Sladek Asia L., Thoreson Wallace B., Resting and stimulated mouse rod photoreceptors show distinct patterns of vesicle release at ribbon synapses
  152:12 2020
• The biochemist (London, England)
  Thoreson Wallace B., Hays Cassandra L., How ribbons make ‘sense’ for vision
  42:5, p. 36 - 41 2020
• Biophysical Journal
  Hays Cassandra L., Janz Roger, Grassmeyer Justin J., Wen Xiangyi, Heidelberger Ruth, Thoreson Wallace B., Simultaneous Release of Multiple Vesicles from Rods Involves Synaptic Ribbons and Syntaxin 3B
  118:4, p. 967 - 979 2020
• ELife
  Grassmeyer Justin J, Quadros Rolen M, Cahill Asia L, Hays Cassandra L, Barta Cody, Thoreson Wallace B, Gurumurthy Channabasavaiah B, Ca2 Sensor Synaptotagmin-1 Mediates Exocytosis in Mammalian Photoreceptors
  8 2019
• eLife
  Grassmeyer Justin J., Cahill Asia L., Hays Cassandra L., Barta Cody, Quadros Rolen M., Gurumurthy Channabasavaiah B., Thoreson Wallace B., Ca sensor synaptotagmin-1 mediates exocytosis in mammalian photoreceptors
  8 2019
• Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  Hays Cassandra L., Okafor Kingsley C., Fan Shan, High Robin, Toris Carol B., Singh Dhirendra P., Consequences of Puberty on Efficacy of intraocular Pressure-Lowering Drugs in Male Dutch-Belted Rabbits
  34:1-2, p. 76 - 84 2018
• Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
  Toris Carol B., Camras Lucinda J., Fan Shan, Johnson Thomas V., Hays Cassandra L., Liu Hong, Ishimoto Bruce M., Aqueous Flow Measured by Fluorophotometry
  57:8, p. 3844 - 3844 2016
• Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
  Hays Cassandra L., Toris Carol B., Fan Shan, Samuelson Thomas W., Ahmed Iqbal Ike K., Gulati Vikas, Improvement in Outflow Facility by Two Novel Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery Implants
  55:3, p. 1893 - 1900 2014
• Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
  Gulati Vikas, Fan Shan, Hays Cassandra L., Samuelson Thomas W., Ahmed Iqbal Ike K., Toris Carol B., A Novel 8-mm Schlemm's Canal Scaffold Reduces Outflow Resistance in a Human Anterior Segment Perfusion Model
  54:3, p. 1698 - 1704 2013

Presentations

• Invited presentation of anesthetic gas data at leadership retreat for integration of sustainability into strategic planning. 2024
• IARS and AUA combined meetings 2023
• Combined AUA and IARS meeting 2023
• Cranefield Award Symposium, Society of General Physiologists 2021
• Cassandra Hays, Asia Cahill, Wallace B. Thoreson Rod Photoreceptor Signaling at the Dark Potential (20/20 Vision in Research and Education Lecture Series, Regional Meeting) 2021
• Outer Plexiform Layer Research Symposium 2021