Joan & Gordon Bergy, M.D. Lectures in Vision Science

The Bergy Lectures in Vision Science bring renowned basic scientists to lecture at the UW Medicine Eye Institute, and share research advances with our scientists, clinicians and students. This lecture series was established through a generous gift from Ms. Joan Bergy.

Past lectures

2023
Rich Kramer, Ph.D. , Professor of Neurobiology,
University of California, Berkeley

2022
Michael Do, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard University

2020
Wei Li, PhD
Senior Investigator, Retinal Nerophysiology Section
National Eye Institute

2019
Carla Green, PhD
Professor in Department of Neuroscience
UT Southwestern, Dallas

2019
David R. Williams, PhD
William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics & Director of the Center for Visual Science
University of Rochester

2019
Robert Lucas, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Sciences
University of Manchester

2019
Jacque Duncan, MD
Professor in Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco

2018
Greg Schwartz, PhD
Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

2018
Alapakkam Sampath, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Jules Stein Eye Institute

2018
Vladimir Kefalov, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Washington University in St. Louis

2017
P. Michael Iuvone, PhD
Sylvia Montag and Frank W. Ferst Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Research
Emory University

Maureen McCall, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
University of Louisville

William A. Beltran, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Austin Roorda, PhD, UC Berkeley

2016
Jonathan Demb, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science & Cellular and Molecular Physiology

2014
Vadim Arshavsky
Professor and Scientific Director of Duke Ophthalmology Research

Dennis Clegg
Executive Director of Strategy, Planning and Operations
UCSB Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering

Samer Hattar
Associate Professor of Biology
Johns Hopkins University