National Plan for Eye and Vision Research
Acknowledgments
The National Eye Institute and the National Advisory Eye Council wish to thank those who contributed suggestions, comments, and recommendations during the development of this Strategic Plan. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the contributions of the members of the program planning panels, including the NEI staff, who so freely gave of their time and expertise and the various organizations that provided advice and assistance in reviewing various drafts of the Plan. The vision research community is indebted to these people for their generous efforts on behalf of those who suffer from visual impairment or blindness due to eye diseases.
Retinal Diseases Panel
*Gary Abrams, M.D.
Kresge Eye Institute
Detroit, Michigan
*Sally Atherton, Ph.D.
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
*Joseph Besharse, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Leo Chalupa, Ph.D.
University of California
Davis, California
Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California
Bernard Godley, M.D., Ph.D.
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Dallas, Texas
Carla Green, Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Leslie Hyman, Ph.D.
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York
Stuart Mangel, Ph.D.
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Patsy Nishina, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Donald Zack, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
NEI Program Directors:
Hemin Chen, Ph.D.
Peter Dudley, Ph.D.
Chyren Hunter, Ph.D.
Andrew Mariani, Ph.D.
Grace Shen, Ph.D.
Dimitri Azar, M.D.
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
Edouard Cantin, Ph.D.
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California
Suzanne Fleiszig, O.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, California
Brigid L.M. Hogan, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Gordon Klintworth, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Sandra Masur, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Austin Mircheff, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Jerry Niederkorn, Ph.D.
University of Texas
Dallas, Texas
Steven Sugrue, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Kirk Wilhelmus, M.D., M.P.H.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
*Steven Wilson, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
NEI Program Director:
Richard Fisher, Ph.D.
Corneal Diseases Panel
Dimitri Azar, M.D.
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
Edouard Cantin, Ph.D.
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California
Suzanne Fleiszig, O.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, California
Brigid L.M. Hogan, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Gordon Klintworth, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Todd P. Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Sandra Masur, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Austin Mircheff, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Jerry Niederkorn, Ph.D.
University of Texas
Dallas, Texas
Steven Sugrue, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Kirk Wilhelmus, M.D., M.P.H.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
*Steven Wilson, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
NEI Program Director:
Richard Fisher, Ph.D.
*ARVO Trustee
Lens and Cataract Panel
Steven Bassnett, Ph.D.
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
Velia Fowler, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California
Thomas Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Daniel Goodenough, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph Horowitz, Ph.D.
University of California
Los Angeles, California
M. Cristina Leske, M.D., M.P.H.
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York
Richard Mathias, Ph.D.
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York
Hassane Mchaourab, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
*Larry Takemoto, Ph.D.
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
NEI Program Director:
Ellen Liberman, Ph.D.
Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies Panel
Bassem Bejjani, M.D.
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington
Claude Burgoyne, M.D.
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Laura Frishman, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
Eve Higginbotham, M.D.
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Robert Nickells, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Julia Richards, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
William Swanson, Ph.D.
State College of Optometry
New York, New York
Douglas Vollrath, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California
*Thomas Yorio, Ph.D.
University of North Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Beatrice Yue, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
NEI Program Director:
Ellen Liberman, Ph.D.
Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Visual Processing Panel
Thomas Albright, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
San Diego, California
Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
William Good, M.D.
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
San Francisco, California
Dennis Levi, O.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, California
Steve Lisberger, Ph.D.
University of California
San Francisco, California
Jeffrey Schall, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Shadlen, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
David Trolio, Ph.D.
New England College of Optometry
Boston, Massachusetts
Brian Wandell, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University
New York, New York
NEI Program Directors:
Chyren Hunter, Ph.D.
Michael Oberdorfer, Ph.D.
Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation Panel
Aries Arditi, Ph.D.
Lighthouse International
New York, New York
Susana Chung, Ph.D.
University of Houston College of Optometry
Houston, Texas
Richard Long, Ph.D.
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jack Loomis, Ph.D.
University of California
Santa Barbara, California
Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D.
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Eli Peli, O.D.
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Noa Rensing, Ph.D.
MicroOptical Engineering Corporation
Westwood, Massachusetts
Kathleen Turano, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
NEI Program Director:
Michael Oberdorfer, Ph.D.
