- View videos of the Glaucoma Fast Track workshop presentations:
- Learn more about the Fast Track workshop in our Science News article, "Glaucoma Fast Track: Investing in the Future."
May 24, 2022
Emory Conference Center
1615 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Co-Organizers & Co-Chairs
Preeti Subramanian, PhD
Abbot F. Clark, PhD
John C. Morrison, MD
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or other early-stage scientists focused on glaucoma research, or those who want to enter the field, took advantage of this unique opportunity to accelerate their path towards becoming an expert in this exciting field by:
- immersing themselves in the background knowledge and latest discoveries in glaucoma research
- connecting with preeminent glaucoma experts and fellow early-stage researchers based in the U.S. and around the world
- engaging in scientific debates
(On mobile devices, you may need to swipe left to see all of the table columns below.)
| TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
Clinical aspects of glaucoma | Danica Marrelli, OD |
Epidemiology and public health impact of glaucoma | Anne Coleman, MD, PhD |
Human glaucoma genetics | John Fingert, MD, PhD |
Glaucoma therapeutics in the pipeline & the future | Kathryn Bollinger, MD |
OCT in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma | Linda Zangwill, PhD |
New OCT developments and application to experimental glaucoma | Yali Jia, PhD |
Biomechanics of optic nerve head injury in glaucoma | Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, PhD |
Biomechanics of trabecular meshwork dysfunction in glaucoma | Mark Johnson, PhD |
Inducible rodent models of glaucomatous optic nerve damage | Colleen McDowell, PhD |
Non-rodent models of glaucomatous optic nerve damage | Gillian McLellan, PhD |
Mechanisms of axonal injury in experimental glaucoma | Denise Inman, PhD |
Retinal ganglion cell injury in glaucoma | Richard Libby, PhD |
Experimental models to study trabecular meshwork pathology | Abbot Clark, PhD |
