Latest News The Glaucoma Research Foundation Elects Two Members to its Board of Directors By Staff Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:21 AM SAN FRANCISCO—The Glaucoma Research Foundation has recently elected Monica L. Vetter, PhD and Ruth D. Williams, MD to its board of directors. Vetter is professor and chair of the neurobiology and anatomy department and adjunct professor in ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Utah. She has published numerous scientific papers, and her lab focuses on understanding the pathways controlling neural development and degeneration in the retina. Vetter is also a founding member of Glaucoma Research Foundation’s first Catalyst for a Cure research consortium, and she currently serves on the scientific advisory board for the Catalyst for a Cure Biomarker initiative. After attending McGill University, she received her PhD from the University of California in San Francisco. “Monica has been actively involved with Glaucoma Research Foundation for more than a decade,” said Thomas M. Brunner, president and CEO of Glaucoma Research Foundation. “As a member of the original Catalyst for a Cure team, her investigations helped define glaucoma as a neurodegenerative disease. We are most fortunate to have Monica’s expertise in ophthalmology and neuroscience on our board to help guide and evaluate our future research initiatives.”Williams is a glaucoma consultant and CEO of the Wheaton Eye Clinic and the past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Before serving on the Academy’s board of trustees, she represented ophthalmology at the AMA for nearly a decade, chairing in its specialty section. Additionally, she is a member of the American Glaucoma Society, the Chicago Glaucoma Society, Women in Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Williams has also been recognized with the Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and was chosen by her peers for the prestigious Top Doctors Award in Chicago. After attending Rush Medical College in Chicago, Williams completed an ophthalmology residency at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco as well as a glaucoma fellowship at Shaffer Associates and the University of California San Francisco. “We are honored to have Ruth join our board of directors,” said H. Dunbar Hoskins, Jr., MD, co-founder of Glaucoma Research Foundation. “She is an extraordinary clinician and leader in the field of glaucoma. As a president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, she knows the people and profession well. As a prior Glaucoma Fellow of the Shaffer, Hetherington, Hoskins practice she understands glaucoma and the needs of the patients and physicians in this field. Her extensive business knowledge and volunteer experience will be great resources for us.”