DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Col. Kenney Wells, U.S. Army, O.D., M.A.A., M.S., FAAO (Chair)
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)

Arthi Amin, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, USAMRDC

Cmdr. Hong Gao, U.S. Navy, O.D., Ph.D., FAAO, AsO
Tri-Service Vision Conservation & Readiness Branch, Army Public Health Center

Tony Gover, Ph.D.
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dan Ignaszewski (Consumer Advocate)
National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR)

Lt. Col. Wesley Kinerk, U.S. Air Force
Air Force Research Laboratory, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas

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

Natalya Merezhinskaya, Ph.D.
DOD/VA VCE

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

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

Tom Zampieri, Ph.D. (Consumer Advocate)
Blinded Veterans Association (BVA); Bravo Victor

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


Ad hoc Advisor

Lina Kubli, Ph.D.
Rehabilitation Research & Development Service (RR&D), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 



Last updated Friday, April 21, 2023