Research Directors Council

April 2025 - March 2026

PRESIDENT

Deborah Ferrington, MEd, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, Doheny Eye Institute
Los Angeles, CA

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Steven Fliesler, PhD
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine
Buffalo, NY

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Manuela Bartoli, PhD
August University, Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Maureen McCall, PhD
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY

Machelle Pardue, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

BOARD LIAISON

R. V. Paul Chan, MD, MBA
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Chicago, IL