From the director |
Success through teamwork
Welcome to a new and exciting edition of Emory
Eye magazine. We hope that you enjoy the fresh new
approach to vision research described here. In this issue,
we attempt to simplify the complex process of improving
the way we are able to help you see better—through
research. Don’t just think of test tubes and lab mice, but
visualize a novel and fresh approach to conducting research
at the Emory Eye Center.
We call it the Research Matrix: it’s a focused,
transparent, open, and ever-changing concept that is able to flex and mold to ever-changing
knowledge and priorities. The engine of research is the funding that supports our program
and its infrastructure. Our greatest resource is our knowledge. That knowledge originates not
only from our scientific team, but also from our clinical faculty as well as our highly talented
students, residents, fellows, post-docs, and other trainees. Bringing these forces together to
translate knowledge into vision is the purpose of the Research Matrix.
As you read about the impressive work of our faculty and the contributions they
have made to help your vision, I trust that you’ll also be excited about the future work
and potential of our program. It is a program to help you and others in this world see as
well as you can see.
Timothy W. Olsen
EYE CENTER ADVISORY COUNCIL
Melanie M. Platt (president)
Paul Anderson Jr.
Jim Abrahamson
Harold Brown
Bickerton Cardwell
Bradley N. Currey Jr.
Charles Darnell
Randy Dhaliwal, MD
Brian G. Dyson
Russell R. French
Gardiner Wingfield Garrard III
D. Gayle Gellerstedt
Mary Gellerstedt
John J. Gillin
Charles B. Ginden
W. Gordon Knight
Lindsay Olsen
Dulaney L. O’Roark
Stanley Steinberg
In memoriam: Edgar Forio Jr.
Emory Eye Center’s Advisory Council
THE EMORY EYE CENTER IS PART
OF EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE AND EMORY HEALTHCARE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE COMPONENTS OF EMORY’S WOODRUFF
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER.