The Association for Research in Vision and Opthamology has named Abbot Clark, PH.D. a Silver ARVO Fellow and Thomas Yorio, Ph.D. a Gold ARVO Fellow. Only a select few researchers are given this honor each year. Dr. Clark is a member of the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics and Dr. Yorio is a member of the Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience as well as a UNTHSC Provost and Vice President. Both are also members of the North Texas Eye Research Institute (NTERI). Dr. Clark is the current director of NTERI.

CGEN staff and graduate students presented posters and a Platform presentation at this year's Reserch Appreciation Day hosted by the UNTHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciencesl.

Poster Presenters:

Weiming Mao, Ph.D. (staff)
Amber Ondricek, Dilip Jain, Donald Rozario, Ankur Jain, Ashley Fitzgerald, Anirudh Sethi (Graduate Students)

Platform Presenter:

Jerel Fields (Graduate Student)

Award Recipient:

Amber Ondricek (Graduate Student)
3rd Place, Alcon Research Achievement Award