ASRS Presidents' Young Investigator Award
The Foundation has selected J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH, FASRS, as the winner of the 11th annual ASRS Presidents’ Young Investigator Award. Dr. Campbell is the Edwin and Josephine Knowles Professor of Ophthalmology at the Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), in Portland, Oregon.
The ASRS Presidents’ Young Investigator Award is given by the Foundation to honor past presidents of our Society by nurturing the development of next-generation retina leaders. It recognizes an ASRS member age 50 or younger who has made substantial contributions to the field of retina that will potentially improve our patients’ lives. The winner receives a $15,000 honorarium. We are grateful for support of this award through a grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In addition to his clinical retina practice, Dr. Campbell is a translational clinician scientist focused primarily on 2 research areas: developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with the Imaging and Informatics in ROP (i-ROP) research consortium, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) for pediatric retina with the Center for Ophthalmic Optics & Lasers (COOL) Lab headed by David Huang, MD, at OHSU.
Dr. Campbell received a Career Development Award from Research to Prevent Blindness, and has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles. He is on the steering committee for the International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity, co-chairs the Stop Infant Blindness in Africa Committee, and chairs the American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
About the Young Investigator Award
The ASRS Presidents’ Young Investigator Award is given by the Foundation to honor past presidents of our Society by nurturing the development of next-generation retina leaders. The winner receives a $15,000 honorarium. We are grateful for support of this award through a grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The Young Investigator Award recognizes an ASRS member age 50 or younger who has made substantial contributions to the field of retina that will potentially improve the lives of our patients.
Eligibility Criteria
- 50 years of age or younger at the time the paper is published
- Member of the ASRS
- Must be first or senior author on the paper submitted for consideration
- Paper must be original and published in print or e-published in a peer-reviewed journal within the last 12 months.
- Individuals may nominate themselves or others may nominate them once the paper has been published.
- To be considered, nominees must submit the published paper, including all illustrations and online links, acknowledgement from senior author (if first author is applicant) or first author (if senior author is applicant) that candidate is in fact the primary investigator, a CV, and a paragraph summarizing the significance of their work.
Award Details
The Young Investigator Award is presented at the ASRS Annual Meeting. The recipient presents the Young Investigator Award Lecture and receives a $15,000 honorarium. Application materials are submitted online to ASRS through the nomination form. The deadline for nominations is January 3, 2025.
Past Recipients
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2014 Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD
2015 Hendrik PN Scholle, MD, MA
2016 Jayakrishna Ambati, MD
2017 SriniVas R. Sada, MD,
2018 Rishi P. Singh, MD, FASRS
2019 Sophie J. Bakri, MD, FASRS
2020 Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, FASRS
2021 Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS
2022 Justis P. Ehlers, MD, FASRS
2023 Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI
2024 J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH, FASRS