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Scientific Review Committee

The Scientific Review Committee (SRC) meets every year to select our grant recipients. Most members are Fight for Sight alumni or mentors, and all have expertise in ophthalmology and/or vision research. The SRC is co-chaired by Curtis R. Brandt, PhD, of the Univ. of Wisconsin Medical School, Edward Chaum, M.D., PhD, of the Univ. of Tennessee-Hamilton Eye Institute, and David J. Calkins, PhD, of the Vanderbilt Eye Institute. Committee members volunteer many hours during the annual review process and are truly one of Fight for Sight’s greatest assets. We are grateful for their assistance.

If you would like to join us, please download and fax or email us a Fight for Sight Scientific Review Committee Application.

   
ANTERIOR
Penny Asbell, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jimmy Bartlett, OD University of Alabama at Birmingham
Curtis Brandt, PhD (SRC co-chair) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anne Coleman, MD, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Melinda Duncan, PhD University of Delaware
Peter Frederikse, PhD University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Elizabeth Gaillard, PhD Northern Illinois University
Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD Boston University
Anne Griep, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andrew Huang, MD, MPH Washington University in St. Louis
Sandeep Jain, MD University of Illinois at Chicago
Anna Junk, MD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Paul R. Kinchington, PhD University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Norman J. Kleiman, PhD (Board President) Columbia University
Ashok Kumar, PhD Wayne State University School of Medicine
Kirsten Lampi, PhD Oregon Health & Science University
Jimmy K. Lee, MD Yale University
Miguel A. Materin, MD Yale University
Victor L. Perez, MD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Matthew Petroll, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Stephen Pflugfelder, MD Baylor College of Medicine
Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH Columbia University
Steve Planck, PhD Oregon Health & Science University
Kathy Pokorny, PhD University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Kimberly Sippel, MD NY-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Christopher Starr, MD NY-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Ernest F. Talarico, PhD Indiana University Northwest
John Ubels, PhD Calvin College
J. Mario Wolosin, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Fu-Shin Yu, PhD Wayne State University School of Medicine
Renping Zhou, PhD Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Halit Oguz, MD Harran University School of Medicine
Mihaela Gadjeva, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital
 
POSTERIOR
Anita Agarwal, MD Vanderbilt University
Jayafrishna Ambati, MD University of Kentucky
Michael Anderson, PhD University of Iowa
Patricia D'Amore, PhD Schepens Eye Research Institute
Vadim Arshavsky, PhD Duke Eye Institute
Sherry Ball, PhD Case Western Reserve University
Guy R. Barile, MD Columbia University
S. Patricia Becerra, PhD National Eye Institute
Nicholas Brecha, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Scott Brodie, MD, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Joseph Carroll, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin
R.V. Paul Chan, MD NY-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Edward Chaum, MD (SRC co-chair) University of Tennessee at Memphis
Allen Clermont, MS Joslin Diabetes Center
Rosalie Crouch, PhD Medical University of South Carolina
Patricia D'Amore, PhD Schepens Eye Research Institute
Richard Dix, PhD Georgia State University
Paulo A. Ferreira, PhD Duke University
Steven Fliesler, PhD Saint Louis University
Peter J. Francis, MD Oregon Health & Science University
Peter J. Gouras, MD Columbia University
Alecia K. Gross, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeffrey Gross, PhD University of Texas at Austin
Abigail Hackam, PhD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
George Inana, MD, PhD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Mahanaz Shahidi, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago
Gerry Chader, PhD Doheny Eye Institute
Pedro Gonzalez, PhD Duke University School of Medicine
Tatiana Rebrik,  PhD College of Engineering, University of Iowa
Todd Scheetz, PhD Duke University
Thomas Johnson, PhD National Eye Institute
Markus Kuehn, PhD University of Iowa
Wei Li, PhD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Tammy M. Martin, PhD Oregon Health & Science University
Robert Mullins, PhD University of Iowa
Tara McCannel, MD, PhD Jules Stein Eye Institute
James McGinnis, PhD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Machelle Pardue, PhD Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Mark Pennesi, MD, PhD Casey Eye Institute
Simon Petersen-Jones, PhD College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University
Jose S. Pulido, MD, MS, MPH Mayo Clinic
Roy Quinlan, PhD Durham University
Lawrence Reiter, PhD University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Tonia Rex, PhD University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD NY-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Sayon Roy, PhD Boston University
Hermann Schubert, MD Columbia University
Gail Seigel, PhD University of Buffalo-SUNY
R. Theodore Smith, MD, PhD Columbia University
Wesley Clay Smith, PhD University of Florida
W. Daniel Stamer, PhD University of Arizona
Jack M. Sullivan, MD, PhD University of Buffalo-SUNY
Elias Traboulsi, MD Cleveland Clinic
Steven Tsang, MD, PhD Columbia University
Russ Van Gelder, MD, PhD University of Washington 
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH University of Southern California
Josh Wallman, PhD City College of New York
Thomas Yorio, PhD UNT Health Science Center
Wallace B. Thoreson, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center
Cynthia Toth, MD Duke University School of Medicine
Jimmy Zhou, MSc, PhD Yale University
Jun Yang, PhD John A Moran Eye Center
 
VISION & MOTOR PATHWAYS
David J. Calkins, PhD (SRC co-chair) Vanderbilt University
Aniruddha Das, PhD Columbia University
David Feldhiem, PhD University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter Gehlbach, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Medicine
Lynn Gordon, MD University of California, Los Angeles
Kalanit Grill-Spector, PhD Stanford University
Jane Gwiazda, PhD New England College of Optometry
Andrew Huberman, PhD University of California, San Diego
Randy Kardon, MD, PhD University of Iowa
Richard W. Hertle, MD Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 
John R. Hetling, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago
Karen Joos, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University
Carol Mason, PhD Columbia University
Linda McLoon, PhD University of Minnesota
Jeffrey Odel, MD Columbia University
Vittorio Porciatti, PhD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD University of Southern California
Daniel J. Salchow, MD Yale University
James C. Tsai, MD Yale University
Qasim Zaidi, PhD State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry