Awards Committee
Awards Committee
Description
The Awards Committee (AWD) solicits and reviews nominations annually for ARVO awards.
Activities
- Reviews and ranks nominations.
- Evaluates the awards program to ensure that new trends in the field are addressed.
- Chair reports to the Board of Trustees on the Committee's recommendations of top candidates for the awards at one of the two board meetings held during the ARVO Annual Meeting.
Composition
AWD consists of one member from each Scientific Section to ensure that there is adequate coverage of all relevant research fields. AWD members are past awardees, past Board members, or members distinguished in their field. Ex officio AWD members do not participate in the evaluation of the nominees or in voting. AWD includes at least one former Cogan Award recipient and at least two former Proctor/Friedenwald Award recipients. The length of service is four years.
Meetings
The committee as a whole meets during the ARVO Annual Meeting and conducts business via ARVOConnect and e-mail and if needed by conference call during the year.
Roster
Chair and VN Representative
Laura J. Frishman, PhD, FARVO
Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of Houston
Houston , Texas
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/07/2020
EY Representative
Beau B. Bruce, MD, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Emory University
Decatur , Ga.
Term: 05/07/2015 - 05/02/2019
IM Representative
Michelle C. Callegan, PhD, FARVO
Section: Immunology and Microbiology
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Oklahoma City , Okla.
Term: 05/11/2017 - 05/06/2021
BI Representative
Anneke I. Den Hollander, PhD
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Nijmegen , Netherlands
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/05/2022
RE Representative
Wolfgang Drexler, PhD, FARVO
Section: Retina
Medical University Vienna
Vienna , Austria
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/05/2022
CO Representative
Juana Gallar, MD, PhD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Universidad Miguel Hernandez-CSIC
San Juan de Alicante , Spain
Term: 05/07/2015 - 05/02/2019
AP Representative
Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald, PhD, FARVO
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis , Tenn.
Term: 05/05/2016 - 05/07/2020
PH Representative
Catherine A. Opere, PhD
Section: Physiology and Pharmacology
Creighton University
Omaha , Neb.
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/05/2022
GL Representative
Maria Moussalli, MD
Section: Glaucoma
Hospital Italiano
Capital Federal Buenos Aires , Argentina
Term: 05/07/2015 - 05/02/2019
LE Member
Vasanth Rao, PhD
Section: Lens
Duke University
Durham , N.C.
Term: 05/05/2016 - 05/07/2020
RC Representative
Enrica Strettoi, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
CNR Neuroscience Institute
Pisa , Italy
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/05/2022
CL Representative
Rohit Varma, MPH, MD, FARVO
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
University of Southern California
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/05/2022
VI Representative
David R. Williams, PhD, FARVO
Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University of Rochester
Rochester , N.Y.
Term: 05/11/2017 - 05/06/2021
Trustee Liaison
Louis R. Pasquale, MD, FARVO
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/04/2023
Ex Officio
Iris M. Rush, CAE
ARVO
Executive Director
Staff Committee Liaison
Kerin Miller
ARVO
Awards and Grants Specialist
