Upcoming Guest Speakers
Edward N. Pugh Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology & Membrane Biology, and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
University of California Davis
Title: Waters at the Heart of Vision: how water movement in opsins allows phototransduction to be studied in rods and cones in vivo.
Vanderbilt Eye Institute and
Department of Pharmacology Seminar
Date: Monday, March 4, 2024
Time: Noon
Location: VEI, Elliott Conference Room
ERG Workshop
Date: Tuesday March 5th, 2024
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: MCN/Imaging Bldg, Room AA1119 (First floor classroom)
Emily Chew, MD
Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (DECA),
at the National Eye Institute, NIH
Title: TBA
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Time: Noon
Location: Virtual
Link: Coming Soon
Nicholas J. Volpe, MD
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology,
Geaorge W. and Edwina D. Tarry Professor of Ophthalmology,
Northwestern Medicine
Title: TBA
VEI Paul Sternberg Sr. Lectureship
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Reception: 4:30pm
Time: 5:00pm
Location: TBA
Past Seminar Speakers
José-Alain Sahel, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chairman,
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
The Eye and Ear Foundation Endowed Chair
Director of the UPMC Eye Center
Professor of Ophthalmology, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Founding Director, Institut de la Vision (Sorbonne University, Inserm, CNRS), Paris, France
Title: TBA
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Time: Noon
Virtual
Patsy M. Nishina, Ph.D.
Professor, Tufts University, School of Medicine,
JAX Center for 3D Genomics and Biology Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP)
Title: Mouse Models for Dissecting Genetic InteractionsandComplex Retinal Diseases
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Time: Noon
Virtual
Reza Dana MD, MSc, MPH
Claes H. Dolman Chair in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist and Director, Comea Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Director, Laboratory of Corneal Immunology, Transplantation, and Regeneration
Director, Harvard-Vision Clinical Scientist Development Program
Vice Chair for Academic Programs, Harvard Dept. Ophthalmology
Committee on Immunology, Harvard Medical School
Title: New Ways of Doing Old Things: Translational Investigations in Management of Common Corneal and
Ocular Surface Disorders
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023
Time: Noon
Virtual
Gianni Castiglione, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences.
with a secondary appointment in the department of
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
Vanderbilt University
Title: Harnessing Evolution to Understand and Treat Retinal Degenerations
VEI Introductory Faculty Seminar
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Time: Noon
Virtual
Alexandre Tiriac, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Title: Spontaneous activity shapes the development of the visual system
VEI Introductory Faculty Seminar
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Time: Noon
Virtual
G. Baker Hubbard III, MD
Thomas M. Aabery Chair in Ophthalmology
Vice Chair, Clinic Operations
Director of Clinical Retina
Professor of Ophthalmology
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: Evolving Strategies for Managing Retinopathy of Prematurity
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Friday, November 11, 2022
Time: Noon
Virtual
Austin Roorda, Ph.D.
Professor of Optometry and Vision Science,
Head Graduate Advisor, Vision Science Program,
University of California, Berkeley
Title: In vivo, cellular-scale retinal structure and function in health and disease
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: Noon
In person and Virtual
1220 MRB III
Machelle T. Pardue, Ph.D., FARVO, FAIMBE
Interim Chair and Professor,
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Senior Research Career Scientist,
Atlanta VA Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation
Title: Using mouse models to elucidate retinal mechanisms of myopic eye growth
VEI Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022
Time: Noon
In person and Virtual
1220 MRB III
S. Murray Sherman, Ph.D.
Maurice Goldblatt Professor and Chair Department of Neurobiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Title: Functioning of Circuits Connecting Thalamus and Cortex
VIVIEN CASAGRANDE LECTURE IN SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm
In person and Virtual
1220 MRB III
Before the Seminar: Tea Time at 3:15 pm, 1st Floor Atrium of Medical Research Building III before the seminar.
After the Seminar: Casagrande Reception immediately following on the 7th Floor Terrace, 7140 MRB III.
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Title: TBA
Sponsored by Vanderbilt Eye Institute Initiative in Regenerative Medicine, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Program in Developmental Biology
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm
208 Light Hall
James G. Fujimoto, Ph.D.
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Optical Coherence Tomography in Ophthalmology: Development, Advances and Future Prospects
Presented By Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering & VEI
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022
Time: 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Virtual Seminar
James G. Fujimoto, Ph.D.
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Translating Biomedical Imaging from the Laboratory to Clinical Practice
Presented By Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering & VEI
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
214 Light Hall
Richard B. Rosen, MD
Pierce Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Deputy Chair of Clinical Affairs
Vice Chair of Ophthalmology Research
Surgeon Director and Retinal Service Chief
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
President, New York Eye and Ear Ophthalmology PC
Honorary Professor of Applied Optics
School of Physical Sciences
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Title: Moving Targets: Harnessing the Synergy of Dynamic OCT Angiography and Adaptive Optics SLO for Retinal Discovery
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Tim Corson, Ph.D.
Merrill Grayson Senior Associate Professor
Director of Basic and Translational Research
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
Title: Ocular Neovascularization: New Mechanisms, Targets, and Treatments
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Monday, November 8, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Jason S. Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Department of Ophthalmology
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
Title: Glial Modulation of Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction in a Human Stem Cell Model of Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
John H. Fingert, MD, Ph.D.
Hadley-Carver Chair in Glaucoma
Director, Glaucoma Service and Glaucoma Research Center
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Institute for Vision Research, University of Iowa
Title: Genetics and Glaucoma
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
José-Alain Sahel, MD, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology University of Pittsburgh
Director, UPMC Eye Center
Cumberlege Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College of London
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Quinze-VingtsNational Eye Hospital and Rothschild Ophthalmology Foundation
Title: TBA
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Alexandre Tiriac, Ph.D.
Behavioral and CognitiveNeuroscience, The University of Iowa
Title: The role of activity in visual system development
Biological Sciences Faculty Candidate Seminar
Date: Monday, January 25, 2021
Time: 4:10 pm
Kostadinka Bizheva, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Physics and Astronomy
School of Optometry and Vision Sciences
Systems Design Engineering Department
University of Waterloo
Title: High speed, UHR-OCT technology for biomedical applications
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Time: 4:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Rachel Wong, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Structure University of Washington
Title: TBA
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Xitiz Chamling, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Title: Using Human Stem Cell-derived Oligodendrocytes and Retinal Ganglion Cells for Drug Discovery
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Maria Grant, MD
Eivorand Alston Callahan Endowed Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: The Retina-Gut Axis: Does it have a role in diabetic retinopathy?
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Randy Kardon, Ph.D.
Pomerantz Family Chair in OphthalmologyDirector,
Neuro-Ophthalmology ServiceDirector,
Iowa City VA Center of Excellence for Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Title: Photophobia –Diagnosis, Mechanisms and New Treatments
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Date: Thursday, August 17, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Virtual Lecture
Jennifer J. Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester Medical Center
Title: Seeing the Retina with Two-Photon Excited Flourescence Ophthalmoscopy
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Light Hall (208)
Reception to follow
Gregory Zelinsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Cognitive Science
Stony Brook University
Title: Predicting Goal-Directed Attention Control Using Deep Neural Networks
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Adriana Di Polo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
University of Montreal
Title: The molecular basis of neuronal dysfunction in glaucoma: new insights?
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Time: 4:10 pm
Medical Research Building III, Lecture Hall (Room 1220)
Russell Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Title: TBA
Date: Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Time: Noon
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Louis R. Pasquale, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Site Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Vice Chair, Translational Ophthalmology Research, Mt. Sinai Healthcare System
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision and Ophthalmology
Title: Exfoliation Syndrome: Facts and Fiction
Date: Thursday, February 26th, 2019
Time: 7:00 am
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Time: Noon
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Rachel Kuchtey, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Lecture
Title: The Death of Cup Disc Ratio – OCT Phenotyping the Optic Neuropathy of Glaucoma
Date: Friday, February 8th, 2019
Time: 7:00 am
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Claude Burgoyne, M.D.
Van Buskirk Chair for Ophthalmic Research
Devers Eye Institute and the Legacy Research Institute
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Title: Evidence for Early Retrolaminar Demyelination of Structurally Intact Axons in Non-Human Primate Experimental Glaucoma
Date: Thursday, February 7th, 2019
Time: Noon
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Edward Chaum, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Innovation in Vision Series
Title: The Expanding Role of Prominin-1 in Cellular Homeostasis in the Retina and Beyond
12:00 PM, Friday, November 16th, 2018
Medical Research Building 4 Conference Room (Room 11455)
Jayakrishna Ambati, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision
Title: From People to Petri dishes to Pests to Populations: A Journey to Unravel Macular Degeneration
12:00 PM, Monday, November 5th, 2018
Elliott Conference Room in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Bobby Bodenheimer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Innovation in Vision Series
Title: Applying Virtual Reality to Simulate Visual Impairment
12:00 PM, Wednesday, October 18, 2018
Medical Research Building 4 Conference Room (Room 11455)
Aude Oliva, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Mapping the spatio-temporal dynamics of recognition in the human brain
4:10 PM, Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Medical Research Building III, Lecture Hall (Room 1220)
David Berson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Brown University
Title: Seeing Where We’re Going: A Retinal Code for Self-Motion
4:10 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Medical Research Building III, Lecture Hall (Room 1220)