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Letter from the President Catania, Italy (April 8, 2023)

April 8, 2023
Filippo Drago
Dear colleagues, The AOPT Board worked tirelessly with our local organizing committees in Shenyang, China and Indianapolis, Indiana to hold two concurrent meetings: 1) a site meeting in Indianapolis, the 16th Biennial Scientific Meeting of the ‘AOPT and 2) a satellite meeting in Shenyang, China. [10 – 13 August 2023]. The theme of the meeting is “Crossing Barriers”. You are welcome to renew your AOPT membership, register for the meeting in Indiana, and submit your abstract at https://www.aopt.org/sixteenth-meeting/ The highlights of the meetings are: 1) Support for travel rewards 2) Main speakers: Dr. Katherine A. High (cofounder, president and chief scientific officer of Spark Therapeutics); Dr. José-Alain Sahel (Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) 3) Sessions for young researchers 4) Discussion tables on eye pharmacology and therapeutics: from the bench to the bedside 5) Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Award Winner Speech 6) Awards and socials at the NCAA Hall of Fame This global gathering and new format promise to offer a new mechanism for exchanging ideas and networking in the ophthalmic research community, among physicians, scientists and industry representatives. Abstracts are due June 15, 2023. We look forward to your participation. Finally, I like to send you my best wishes for a happy Easter. Best regards

Filippo Drago, M.D.,Ph.D.
PRESIDENT
University of Catania Medical School
f.drago@unict.it

Ashwat Jayagopal, Ph.D.
VICEPRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
ash.jayagopal@gmail.com

Thomas Yorio, Ph.D.
IMMEDIATE-PAST-PRESIDENT
University of North TX Health Science Center
Thomas.yorio@unthsc.edu

Shusheng Wang
TREASURER
swang1@tulane.edu

Cheryl L. Rowe-Rendleman, Ph.D.
SECRETARY
Omar Consulting Group, LLC
Crrendleman@omarconsultants.com

Malinda Fitzgerald
BOARD ADVISOR
drmecfitz@gmail.com

Dan Stamer
JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Duke University
dan.stamer@duke.edu

TRUSTEES

Sanjoy Bhattacharya
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
sbhattacharya@med.miami.edu

Claudio Bucolo, Ph.D.
University of Catania, Italy
Claudio.bucolo@unict.it

Dorette Ellis
University of North TX Health Science Center
dorette.ellis@unthsc.edu

Shahid Husain
Medical University of South Carolina
husain@musc.edu

Goldis Malek
Duke University
gmalek@duke.edu

Najam Sharif
Santen Inc., USA
najam.sharif@santen.com

Chi-Ho To
sochto@polyu.edu.hk

Heping Xu
heping.xu@qub.ac.uk