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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - 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

Lt. Col. Lyndsey M. Ferris, Ph.D., O.D., F.A.A.O., A.B.C.M.O., U.S. Air Force
Optical Radiation Bioeffects Branch, 711 Human Performance Wing, Bioeffects Division

Cmdr. Hong Gao, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O., As.O., U.S. Navy
Medical Logistics, Defense Health Agency

Tony Gover, Ph.D.
National Eye Institute

Dan Ignaszewski
Consumer, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research

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

Capt. Todd Lauby, O.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.O., FACHE, DipACLM, U.S. Navy
Department of Defense/VA Vision Center of Excellence

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

Donald Overton, B.S.W.
Blinded Veterans Association

Stephen Pflugfelder, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Lt. Cdr. Adam Preston, O.D., Ph.D., M.H.A., F.A.A.O., Dipl AAO, FACHE, U.S. Navy
Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton

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

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

Ad Hoc Programmatic Reviewers




Last updated Monday, September 8, 2025