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Arlene V. Drack, MD, from the University of Iowa, is a clinician-scientist specializing in pediatric ophthalmology, with a subspecialty in genetic eye diseases.

Alfredo Dubra, PhD from Stanford University, is a professor of Ophthalmology whose work is centered on optical technologies that reveal and monitor pathology, and cellular and sub-cellular structural and functional changes.

Jacque Duncan, MD, from the University of California San Francisco is a professor of Clinical Ophthalmology interested in studying the relationship between cone photoreceptor survival and rod-specific gene defects in hereditary retinal degenerations, with the goal of preserving visual function mediated by both rods and cones.

David Fitzpatrick, PhD from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience is the Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director leader in systems neuroscience, with a focus on the functional organization and development of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex.

Aaron Geurts, PhD, from the Medical College of Wisconsin, is a professor in the department of physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center and Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine. He leads an NIH-funded research team focused on innovating novel approaches to genetic engineering and creating animal and cell models of complex genetic human diseases.
 
Deepak Lamba, PhD, from the University of California San Francisco is the Primary Researcher in the Lamba Lab, and focuses on retinal repair following inherited and age-associated degeneration and modeling disease-in-a-dish using stem cells technologies.

Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, from the Medical College of Wisconsin, is an associate professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; associate professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy and founder of the Ocular Gene Therapy Laboratory (OGTL), which aims to develop broadly applicable gene-based therapeutics to prevent human blindness arising from neurodegenerative or vascular diseases affecting the retina.

Dana Merriman, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, is an AxleTech International Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, whose research focus is the cone-dominant, diurnal visual system of the 13-lined ground squirrel.

Michel Michaelides, MD, from the University College London, is professor of Ophthalmology in the Institute of Ophthalmology and Faculty of Brain Sciences, whose research interests include diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration and inherited eye disease in adults and children.

Jay Neitz, PhD and Maureen Neitz, PhD, from the University of Washington, collaborate in their studies of the visual system, taking a multidisciplinary approach that uses techniques ranging from molecular genetics to human and animal psychophysics.

Ramin Pashaie, PhD, from the Florida Atlantic University, is a professor and I-SENSE Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, whose research interests include electronics, electromagnetics, optics and photonics and their applications in neuroscience.

Austin Roorda, PhD, from the University of California Berkley is the head researcher in the Roorda Lab, whose research focuses on how humans convert two-dimensional images that land on the retina into a rich perceptual experience.

Richard Rosen, MD, from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, is the Vice Chair and Director of Ophthalmology Research, whose research focuses discovering a new generation of treatments and diagnoses for degenerative eye diseases like diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and much more.

Melissa Skala, MS, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the Carol Skornicka Chair of Biomedical Imaging at the Morgridge Institute for Research and the Retina Research Foundation Daniel M. Albert Chair at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is also a professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, whose lab develops biomedical optical imaging technologies for cancer research, cell therapy, and immunology.

Sasha Strul, MD, from the University of Minnesota, is the assistant professor, Ophthalmology Residency Program Director, who emphasizes the critical role ocular health plays in child development and involves her patients and their families throughout the medical decision-making process.