Drop-In Mentoring
Meet with mid- and senior-level female ARVO members for a short mentoring session at ARVO 2019
2019 WEAVR Drop-In Mentoring Program
Women in Eye and Vision Research, an initiative of the ARVO Foundation, is offering the Drop-In Mentoring program at ARVO 2019. Mid- and senior-level female ARVO members will be available during specified times to meet with individuals who may be looking for professional guidance from a female perspective. These are brief, one-on-one, confidential sessions of 15-30 minutes to take place in ARVO Central in the Exhibit Hall.
How it works
Drop in hours are offered on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during designated poster times. Look for the marked meeting point ARVO Central in the Exhibit Hall for mentors/mentees to meet, and mentors will also be wearing bright stickers. Mentors/mentees can meet anywhere in ARVO Central, or move to the Networking Lounge. No appointment is necessary.
To participate, stop by ARVO Central in the Exhibit Hall to meet up with a mentor during these times:
Mentorship support is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and availability may be limited.
Monday, April 29 (4 – 5pm)
Epigenetics and gene expression of aging eye disorders
Meg DeAngelis, PhD
Moran Eye Center/University of Utah
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Corneal cell/molecular biology
Ilene Gipson, PhD, FARVO
Harvard University
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Genetics, retinal disease, therapies, microbiome, organoids, neurodegeneration
Neena Haider, PhD
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Cornea and external disease, ocular immunology
Valerie Saw, FRCOphth, FRANZCO, PhD
University College London
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Retina, genetics, pediatric, clinician scientist
Andrea Vincent, MBChB, MD, FRANZCO
University of Auckland
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management
Health services and clinical eye research, eHealth, big data
Maria Woodward, MD
University of Michigan
Ask me about:
Time management, Conflicts with colleagues, Managing up, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips, Job transition
Monday, April 29 (5 – 5:45pm)
Visual psychophysics, geriatric and low vision, clinical science
Allen Cheong, PhD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ask me about:
Tenure process, Grant writing tips
Epigenetics and gene expression of aging eye disorders
Meg DeAngelis, PhD
Moran Eye Center/University of Utah
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Genetics, retinal disease, therapies, microbiome, organoids, neurodegeneration
Neena Haider, PhD
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Tuesday, April 30 (11:45am – 12:45pm)
Pharmaceutical development - ocular therapeutics
Kathryn Crawford, PhD
PharmOcu
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Transitioning from academia to industry, Grant writing tips
Glaucoma, trabecular meshwork, extracellular matrix, actin cytoskeleton, outflow dynamics
Kate Keller, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management, Grant writing tips
Genetics of glaucoma; ocular drug delivery
Monica Jablonski, PhD, FARVO
University of Tennesee Health Science Center
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management, Grant writing tips
Retinal cell biology, macular degeneration, live cell imaging
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Tuesday, April 30 (12:45 – 1:30pm)
Corneal immunology, neuroimmune interactions, mouse models, nerve regeneration, dendritic cells, macrophages
Holly Chinnery, PhD
University of Melbourne
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips
Ocular development, morphogenesis and regeneration
Sabine Fuhrmann, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
DR, ROP, neuroprotection, intraocular drug delivery, animal models
Amy Lo, PhD
The University of Hong Kong
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management
Ocular inflammation, choroidal imaging
Kathryn Pepple, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Managing up, Tenure process, Time management, Grant writing tips
Tuesday, April 30 (2:45 – 3:45pm)
Eye growth, myopia development, myopia control, pathological myopia
Alexandra Benavente, MCOptom, MS, PhD
SUNY College of Optometry
Ask me about
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management
Molecular mechanisms of IOP regulation, glaucoma gene therapy
Terete Borras, PhD, FARVO
University of North Carolina
Ask me about
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Transitioning from academia to industry, Time management, Grant writing tips
Pediatric ophthalmology, eye movements, visual psychophysics
Fatema Ghasia, MD
Case Western Reserve University
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Transitioning from academia to industry, Time management, Grant writing tips
Medical retina, diabetic retinopathy, AMD, imaging
Stela Vujosevic, MD, PhD, FEBO
University Hospital Maggiore della Carita
Ask me about:
Job transition, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues
Tuesday, April 30 (3:45 – 4:15pm)
Ocular pain (molecular bases and new treatments)
Juana Gallar, MD, PhD, FARVO
Universidad Miguel Hernandez-CSIC
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips
DR, ROP, neuroprotection, intraocular drug delivery, animal models
Amy Lo, PhD
The University of Hong Kong
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management
Mechanisms and neuroprotection in glaucoma and visual system trauma
Tonia Rex, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ask me about:
Negotiating, tenure process, networking, grant writing, service, balancing responsibilities
Cornea, registries, keratoconus, stem cells, infection
Stephanie Watson, MBBS, FRANZCO, PhD
University of Sydney
Job transition, Work/life balance, Managing up, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Ask me about:
Wednesday, May 1 (3 – 4pm)
Ocular development, morphogenesis and regeneration
Sabine Fuhrmann, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Genetics of glaucoma; ocular drug delivery
Monica Jablonski, PhD, FARVO
University of Tennesee Health Science Center
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management, Grant writing tips
Refractive error development, amblyopia, pediatric ophthalmology, ROP
Jingyun Wang, PhD
Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips
Ophthalmic genetics, eye developmental disorders
Terri Young, MD, MBA, FARVO
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ask me about:
Job transition, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management
Wednesday, May 1 (4 – 4:45pm)
Genetics of glaucoma; ocular drug delivery
Monica Jablonski, PhD, FARVO
University of Tennesee Health Science Center
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Time management, Grant writing tips
Myopia animal research, diabetic retinopathy, retinal degeneration, animal models, translation
Machelle Pardue, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Ask me about:
Work/life balance, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management, Grant writing tips
Refractive error development, amblyopia, pediatric ophthalmology, ROP
Jingyun Wang, PhD
Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Ask me about:
Job transition, Work/life balance, Tenure process, Grant writing tips
Ophthalmic genetics, eye developmental disorders
Terri Young, MD, MBA, FARVO
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ask me about:
Job transition, Managing up, Tenure process, Conflicts with colleagues, Time management
