Duke at ARVO 2026

Duke Eye Center had a strong presence at the 2026 ARVO Annual Meeting, held May 3–7 in Denver, Colorado, with more than 70 Duke‑led presentations, including lectures, minisymposia, posters, papers, symposia, and collaborative sessions. Faculty, trainees, and research teams represented Duke across the full spectrum of vision science, from basic discovery to clinical innovation.

We are also delighted to share that W. Daniel Stamer, PhD, FARVO, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, has been elected the next Executive Vice President of ARVO. His five‑year term will begin at the 2027 ARVO Annual Meeting and continue through May 2032, an extraordinary recognition of his leadership and impact in the global vision research community.

We are proud to share that the following Duke faculty were honored in the ARVO Fellows Class of 2026, recognizing their sustained scientific achievement and service to the global vision research community:

• Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD – ARVO Gold Fellow

• Vadim Arshavsky, PhD – ARVO Silver Fellow

Select Duke Presentations at ARVO 2026 Include:

• Esen Akpek, MD – Roger W. Beuerman Award Lecture (International Ocular Surface Society Meeting)

• Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD – Complement Factor H Therapy for AMD (Symposium: Latest Advancements in Treating Retinal Degenerative Diseases)

• Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD – Structure–Function Correlations in Atrophic AMD (Minisymposium: Advancing Precision in AMD)

• Goldis Malek, PhD – The Aging Retina: Nuclear Receptors as Modulators of Cell Fate and Disease Progression (Minisymposium: Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fate in Retinal Degeneration)

• Daniel Saban, PhD – In Vivo Human Ocular Immune Profiling Using Machine Learning (Minisymposium: Big Data, AI, and Immunoinformatics)

Duke’s broad participation reflects our community’s commitment to advancing discovery, collaboration, and innovation in vision science. Congratulations to all presenters for representing Duke Eye Center on the international stage.

View full list of Duke Presentations