Scientific Advisors

All of our scientific advisors volunteer their time and expertise, helping to ensure that the Glaucoma Research Foundation invests in the most promising research in the fight against glaucoma.

Our Scientific Advisory Committee evaluates Shaffer Grant applications and determines which projects the Glaucoma Research Foundation will fund each year. The Catalyst For a Cure Scientific Advisory Board assists in identifying target objectives for the CFC research consortium and monitors the progress of CFC principal investigators.

Jack P. Antel, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Montreal Neurological Institute
Montreal, Canada

Ben Barres, MD
Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Neurobiology
Stanford, Calif.

Balwantray Chauhan, PhD
Professor and Director of Research
Department of Ophthalmology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

George A. Cioffi, MD
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, N.Y.

Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD
Frances and Ray Stark Professor of Ophthalmology
Jules Stein Eye Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Professor of Epidemiology,
UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health
Los Angeles, Calif.

Scott Fraser, PhD
Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering,
Director of Science Initiatives
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif.

Christopher A. Girkin, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Glaucoma Service
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital
Birmingham, Ala.

David S. Greenfield, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Harry Quigley, MD
Director of Glaucoma Service
Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.

Martin Raff, MD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Biology
University College London
London, U.K.

Joel S. Schuman, MD
Eye and Ear Foundation Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology
UPMC Eye Center
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pa.

David W. Sretavan, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Physiology
Edward and Estelle Alexander Professor
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.

Ernst R. Tamm, MD
Professor and Chairman
Institute of Human Anatomy & Embryology
Department of Anatomy
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD
Boyd K. Bucey Professor of Ophthalmology
Chair, Uveitis & Ocular Inflammation
University of Washington
Seattle, Wash.

Monica Vetter, PhD
Neurobiology and Anatomy Department Chair
George and Lorna Winder Professor of Neuroscience
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Martin B. Wax, MD
Chief Medical Officer and EVP R&D
PanOptica, Inc.
Mount Arlington, N.J.

Arthur J. Weber, PhD
Professor
Director of Research and Graduate Studies
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Mich.

Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Boston, Mass.