DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Col. Kenney Wells, O.D., M.A.A., M.S., F.A.A.O., U.S. Army (Chair)
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

Arthi Amin, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Cmdr. Hong Gao, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O., As.O., U.S. Navy
Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Branch

Tony Gover, Ph.D.
National Eye Institute

Dan Ignaszewski
Consumer, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research

Lt. Col. Wesley Kinerk, O.D., Ph.D., U.S. Air Force
Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Bioeffect Division

Lina Kubli, Ph.D. (Ad hoc Advisor)
Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Col. Scott McClellan, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.S., U.S. Army
Department of Defense (DOD)/VA Vision Center of Excellence (VCE)

Natalya Merezhinskaya, Ph.D.
DOD/VA VCE

Jeremy Nelson, Ph.D.
Science and Technology Portfolio Management, Defense Health Agency

Lt. Col. Marcus Neuffer, M.D., U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Academy

Stephen Pflugfelder, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Mei Sun, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Military Operational Medicine Research Program

Mariia Viswanathan, M.D., Ph.D.
DOD/VA VCE

Tom Zampieri, Ph.D.
Consumer, Blinded Veterans Association

Cmdr. James Zimmerman, M.D., U.S. Navy
Naval Medical Center San Diego




Last updated Monday, March 25, 2024