Maureen E. Neitz is an American vision scientist whose research includes work on color vision and color blindness[1] and the prevention of nearsightedness.[2] She holds the Ray H. Hill Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Washington.[3]
Neitz earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology from San Jose State University in 1979, and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986. After continuing at UC Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher, she joined the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1991. She moved to the University of Washington in 2008.[3]
Neitz is married to and works with Jay Neitz, also a vision scientist. They married in 1981 and began working together in ophthalmology in 1986, bringing together expertise in neuroscience from Jay and genetics from Maureen.[1] In 2010, Neitz and her husband Jay were awarded the Pepose Award in Vision Science by Brandeis University.[4]
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References
- ^ a b Rogers, Adam (October 2, 2019), "Monkeys With Superpower Eyes Could Help Cure Color Blindness", Wired
- ^ Dolan, Maria (April 2018), "Seattle Scientists Have Invented Glasses That Might Stop Surging Cases of Nearsightedness in Children", Seattle Magazine
- ^ a b "Maureen Neitz, Ph.D., Ray H. Hill Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology", Chairs & Professorships, UW Medicine, retrieved 2020-01-03; "Maureen Neitz, PhD", Faculty, UW Medicine Department of Ophthalmology, retrieved 2020-01-03
- ^ Neitz, Maureen; Neitz, Jay (2010), "Color vision defects", Ocular Disease, Elsevier, pp. 478–485, doi:10.1016/b978-0-7020-2983-7.00062-0, ISBN 978-0-7020-2983-7
External links
- Neitz Vision, the laboratory of Maureen Neitz and Jay Neitz
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