ARVO Image Gallery

A relieved Alison Huckenpahler and Katie Litts, PhD, after their ARVO 2019 talks in the Imaging the Posterior Segment-Clinical session moderated by Joe Carroll, PhD.

Jon Young, Neuroscience Doctoral Program-PhD student and AOIP lab alumni, discusses his ARVO 2016 poster.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016. Used with permission.

Rob Cooper, PhD, trying out a new device at ARVO 2011.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Ben Sajdak and Jon Young appreciate early morning writing tips at "Breakfast with the Experts" -ARVO 2015.©Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2015. Used with permission.

Power Plant Live! in Baltimore, MD, was the scene of the ARVO 2017 social event where current and former AOIP members mingled with hundreds of ARVO attendees.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Enjoying the karaoke performances, Rob Cooper relaxes after a day immersed in vision research during ARVO 2015.©Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2015. Used with permission.

AOIP PhD students, Ben Sajdak and Alex Salmon, enjoying ARVO 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018. Used with permission.

Heather Heitkotter, AOIP graduate student, at her ARVO 2019 poster “The effect of trial lenses on AOSLO image scale”© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2019. Used with permission.

ARVO attendees Ben Sajdak, Gwen Musial, Chris Langlo, Katie Litts, and Alison Huckenpahler representing alumni, students and post-docs in the AOIP.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016. Used with permission.

Our own expert, Dr. Tom Connor, MD, inspires ARVO 2017 attendees during a round table discussion with the experts.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

The MCW crew enjoying an ARVO 2019 social event.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2019. Used with permission.

Power Plant Live! in Baltimore, MD, was the scene of the ARVO 2017 social event where current and former AOIP members mingled with hundreds of ARVO attendees.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Joe Carroll, PhD, Emily Patterson, PhD, Rebecca Mastey and Dr. Michael Larson attending evening functions at ARVO 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018. Used with permission.

Rebecca Mastey presents her ARVO 2019 poster “Examining color discrimination of anomalous trichromats using the Colour Assessment and Diagnosis test and the Rayleigh anomaloscope”

Kimberly E. Stepien, MD, captures the attention of ARVO attendees during the annual, "Pizza with the Experts." ©Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2014. Used with permission.

Getting ready to sing at ARVO 2017 karaoke, AOIP current and former members meet up.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Joe Carroll, PhD, and Rob Cooper, PhD, collaborate with other vision scientists at ARVO 2011.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2011. Used with permission.

Emily Patterson, PhD, and Maggie Strampe join other singers during ARVO 2017 karaoke night.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Joe Carroll, PhD, and fellow recipients receive the 2018 ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award from the ARVO Foundation Chair during ARVO 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018. Used with permission.

Our own expert, Dr. Kim Stepien (pictured right), engages fellow ARVO attendees at "Pizza with the Experts." ©Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2015. Used with permission.

Jenna Cava presents her poster, “Assessing interocular symmetry of foveal cone density” at ARVO 2019 in Vancouver, BC

Alison Huckenpahler, MD/PhD student, contributes during a Pizza with the Experts discussion. © Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016. Used with permission.

If you look closely you will see Emily Patterson, PhD, presenting her poster during the MIT poster contest @ ARVO 2017© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

The most recent AOIP graduate, Ben Sajdak, PhD, discussing “Intravitreal delivery of rAAV2 vectors to the 13-lined ground squirrel retina” with the interested viewers at ARVO 2019.

Ben Sajdak, PhD Student, presenting his poster to Nripun Sredar, PhD, at ARVO 2014, "Improving the processing and analysis workflow of adaptive optics retinal imaging".© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2014. Used with permission.

Winner of the MIT poster contest at ARVO 2019, Emily Patterson, PhD, points out the key information in her poster “Differences in axial eye length and retinal structure between patients with achromatopsia and blue cone monochromacy”

“That’s what I’m talkin' about!” Thomas B. Connor, Jr., MD, interacts with fellow ARVO attendees during the popular members-in-training event, "Pizza with the Experts".© 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Used by permission.

Graduate student Ben Sajdak learns grant writing tips and tricks from a scientific review officer during pizza with the experts at ARVO 2017.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Katie Litts, PhD, and Rachel Linderman woke up early for this ARVO 2017 session of breakfast with the experts.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Table J was the place to be for Rebecca Mastey at a roundtable with the experts ARVO 2017.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

AOIP members pictured from left to right, Mara Goldberg, Kainet Akhter, Moataz Razeen, and Chris Langlo. ©Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2015. Used with permission.

Karaoke fans were treated to a Robert Cooper melody after a day of interesting vision research talks at the 2013 ARVO.©2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Used by permission.

Joseph C. Besharse, PhD, Director of Research at the Eye Institute, receives the 2016 ARVO Proctor medal and delivers a talk on his discovery of the circadian clock in the retina.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016. Used with permission.

Emily Patterson, PhD, and Maggie Strampe join other singers during ARVO 2017 karaoke night.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Jon Young, MCW graduate student shares his poster with AOIP graduate student, Alex Salmon at ARVO 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018. Used with permission.

Daniel Lee, medical student, learns from our expert, Dr. Judy Kim. ARVO 2017© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2017. Used with permission.

Looking happy and relaxed after a full day at 2013 ARVO in Seattle, WA, these AOIP team members are enjoying a karaoke night out.© 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Used by permission.

PhD student Ben Sajdak demonstrates that "Making a Difference" is fun.© Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016. Used with permission.

AOIP members attending ARVO 2013 in Seattle, WA.© 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Used by permission.