Leadership Committee

Barbara A. Blodi, MD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Position title: Matthew D. Davis Professor
Wisconsin Reading Center, Medical Director

Email: bablodi@wisc.edu

Kevin Eliceiri, PhD

Credentials: Department of Medical Physics
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging
Morgridge Institute for Research

Position title: Associate Director, McPherson Eye Research Institute
RRF Walter H. Helmerich Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Director, CQCI
Investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research

Email: eliceiri@wisc.edu

David Gamm, MD, PhD

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Waisman Center, VCRGE

Position title: RRF Emmett A Humble Distinguished Director,
McPherson Eye Research Institute
Sandra Lemke Trout Chair in Eye Research,
Professor

Email: dgamm@wisc.edu

Akihiro Ikeda, DVM, PhD

Credentials: Department of Medical Genetics

Position title: Timothy William Trout Professor in Eye Research

Email: aikeda@wisc.edu

Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, MPhil

Credentials: Department of Pediatrics
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Position title: Associate Professor
McPherson ERI M.D. Matthews Research Professor

Email: pattnaik@wisc.edu

Kevin Ponto, PhD

Credentials: Department of Design Studies; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Position title: Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor

Email: kevin.ponto@wisc.edu

Ari Rosenberg, PhD

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: ari.rosenberg@wisc.edu

Karen Schloss, PhD

Credentials: Department of Psychology, L&S
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: kschloss@wisc.edu

Andreas Velten, PhD

Credentials: Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: velten@wisc.edu