The DRD Staging Project Update benefits from the leadership and participation of more than 50 global experts, including senior scientists from North America, UK, EU, Australia, and Asia, organized in six Working Groups charged with examining variables/biomarkers relevant to:
• Retinal Vascular Disease: Tien Wong, M.D., Ph.D., Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University & Tien-En Tan, M.B.B.S., M. Med, FRCOphth, Singapore Eye Research Institute
• Retinal Neuronal Disease: Michael Abramoff, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa
• Basic and Cellular Mechanisms: Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Department of Ophthalmology, Joslin Diabetes Center & Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, University of Utah
• Systemic factors: Helen Calhoun, M.D., University of Edinburgh, UK
• Visual Function: Adam Glassman, M.S., JAEB Center for Health Research
• Quality of Life: Stela Vujosevic, M.D., Ph.D., University of Milan, Italy
List of Participants in the Diabetic Retinal Disease Staging System Update Effort
Overall Initiative Leadership:
| Name | Country |
| Jennifer Sun | USA |
| Thomas Gardner | USA |
| S. Robert Levine | USA |
| Sanjoy Dutta | USA |
Vascular Retina Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Tien Yin Wong* | Singapore |
| Tien-En Tan* | Singapore |
| Lee M. Jampol | USA |
| Frederick L. Ferris | USA |
| Ramin Tadayoni | France |
| Srinivas R. Sadda | USA |
| Victor Chong | UK |
| Amitha Domalpally | USA |
| Barbara L. Blodi | USA |
| Elia J. Duh | USA |
| Christine A. Curcio | USA |
| David A. Antonetti | USA |
| Sanjoy Dutta | USA |
| S. Robert Levine | USA |
| Jennifer K. Sun | USA |
| Thomas W. Gardner | USA |
* Workgroup Lead
Neural Retina Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Michael D. Abramoff* | USA |
| Mitch Brigell | USA |
| Christine A. Curcio | USA |
| Roomasa Channa | USA |
| Patrice Fort | USA |
| Thomas W. Gardner | USA |
| Stephanie Lynch | USA |
| Rafael Simo-Canonge | Spain |
| Frank Verbraak | The Netherlands |
| Risa Wolf | USA |
* Workgroup Lead
Systemic Health Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Helen Colhoun* | UK |
| Janet Snell-Bergeon | USA |
| Rafael Simo-Canonge | Spain |
| Emily Chew | USA |
| Daniel Gordin | Finland |
| Anniina Tynjala | Finland |
| Amber van der Heijden | The Netherlands |
| Joline W. J. Beulens | The Netherlands |
| Anita Jeyam | UK |
* Workgroup Lead
Basic and Cellular Mechanisms Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Lloyd Paul Aiello* | USA |
| Mary Elizabeth Hartnett* | USA |
| Anthony Adamis | USA |
| David A. Antonetti | USA |
| Michael Brownlee | USA |
| Arup Das | USA |
| Elia J. Duh | USA |
| Edward Feener | USA |
| George King | USA |
| Renu Kowluru | USA |
| Ulrich F. O. Luhmann | Switzerland |
| Fredrica Storto | Switzerland |
| Charles C. Wykoff | USA |
* Workgroup Lead
Visual Function Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Adam R. Glassman* | USA |
| Mohamed Ashraf Elmasry* | USA/Egypt |
| Darrell Baskin | USA |
| Mitch Brigell | USA |
| Victor Chong | UK |
| Luis Lesmes | USA |
| Len Levin | Canada |
| Ted Maddess | Australia |
| Andreas Wenzel | Switzerland |
| Laura Taylor | UK |
* Workgroup Lead
Quality of Life Workgroup:
| Name | Country |
| Stela Vujosevic* | Italy |
| Emily Chew | USA |
| Leanne Labriola | USA |
| Ecosse L. Lamoureux | Singapore |
| Sobha Sivaprasad | UK |
* Workgroup Lead
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