University of Wisconsin–Madison
McPherson Eye Research Institute
Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision

Leadership Committee

Barbara A. Blodi, MD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and MERI/RRF Daniel M. Albert Chair

bablodi@wisc.edu

Kevin Eliceiri, PhD

Associate Director, McPherson Eye Research Institute and Retina Research Foundation Walter H. Helmerich Research Chair

eliceiri@wisc.edu

David Gamm, MD, PhD

RRF Emmett A Humble Distinguished Director, McPherson Eye Research Institute

dgamm@wisc.edu

Akihiro Ikeda, DVM, PhD

Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Timothy William Trout Professor in Eye Research

aikeda@wisc.edu

Andrea Mason, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, School of Education

amason@education.wisc.edu

Gillian McLellan, PhD, DECVO, DACVO

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

mclellan@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, MPhil

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and MERI/RRF M.D. Matthews Research Professor

pattnaik@wisc.edu

Shiela Reaves, MA

Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication

sireaves@wisc.edu

Bas Rokers, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

rokers@wisc.edu

Vikas Singh, PhD

Assistant Professor, Departments of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics; Computer Sciences

vsingh@biostat.wisc.edu