Maria B. Grant, MD, FARVO (2026)
Eivor and Alston Callahan Endowed Chair
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294
Janice Lehrer-Stein, JD (2025)
Disability Rights Activist
San Francisco, CA 94115
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD (2024)
Professor Emeritus
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tirin Moore, PhD (2024)
Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5125
Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD (2026)
Professor in Optometry
E.F. Wildermuth Foundation
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Victor L. Perez Quinones, MD, PhD (2025)
Professor
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL 33136
Pradeep Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD (2026)
Sheila K. West Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Glaucoma Center of Excellence
Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins
Baltimore, MD 21287
Ex Officios
Matthew J. Memoli, M.D, M.S.
Acting Director*
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201
Chair
Michael F. Chiang, MD
Director
National Eye Institute
Bethesda, MD 20892
Executive Secretary
Kathleen C. Anderson, PhD
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Eye Institute
Bethesda, MD 20892
*Note: On November 26, 2024, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., as the 18th NIH director. The nomination awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate. On January 17, 2025, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., ended her tenure as the 17th NIH director.