Science Advisory Board
Tomas Aleman, MD
Philadelphia, PA - Professional Co-Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations, Scheie Eye Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lauryn Ayton, B. Optom, PhD, GCOT, FAAO
Melbourne, Australia - Principal Research Fellow, Optometry and Vision Sciences at the University of Melbourne
Brian Ballios, MD, PhD, FRCSC, DABO
Toronto, Canada - Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto
Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, PhD
Philadelphia, PA - Professor, Assistant Dean for Academic Initiatives, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine
Kim Edwards, PhD
Madison, WI - Scientist, David Gamm Lab, Waisman Center (VCRGE), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Malia Edwards, PhD
Baltimore, MD - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore
Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD
Boston, MA - Academic Chair, Science Advisory Board, Choroideremia Research Foundation; Physician and Surgeon and Director, Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Jasleen Kaur Jolly, DPhil, MSc, BSc (Hons), MCOptom
Cambrige, UK - Associate Professor Vision and Eye Research, Director Jolly Vision Science Limited, Honorary Fellow University of Melbourne
Vasiliki Kalatzis, PhD
Montpellier, France - Inserm Research Director, Vision Team
Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, France
Her work is focused on disease modelling and therapeutic development for inherited retinal diseases using iPSC-derived models.
Maureen McCall, PhD
Louisville, KY - Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Louisville
Chris Moen, MD
Wilmington, DE - Chief Medical Officer, Choroideremia Research Foundation; Medical Director, NaviHealth
Ruchi Sharma, PhD
Bethesda, MA - Senior Staff Scientist, Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute
Dror Sharon, PhD
Jerusalem, Israel - Sharon Lab, Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Divya Sinha, PhD
Madison, WI - Scientist I, David Gamm Laboratory, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Jess Thompson, MD, MS
Prescott, AZ - Chair, Science Advisory Board, Choroideremia Research Foundation; Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Yavapai Cardiac Surgery
Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD
New York, NY - Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
Ajoy Vincent, MBBS, MS
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Staff Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences; Medical Director, Visual Electrophysiology Unit; Associate Scientist Genetics and Genome Biology Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children
Emeritus Science Advisory Board
Ian MacDonald, MSc, MD, CM
Alberta, Canada - Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta and past Chair of the Department
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