A big round of congratulations to the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty members who were selected by scEYEnce as leading scientists in vision research. scEYEnce is a campaign that aims to educate the broader public about the crucial importance of vision research. It is a working group comprised of 10 organizations dedicated to advancing the study and knowledge of vision research.

• Christine A. Curcio, PhD, is the White-McKee Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director of the AMD Histopathology Lab, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Her research interests are in aging and AMD—pathogenesis, image validation, and genomics.

• Maria Grant, MD, is the Eivor and Alston Callahan, M.D., Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the functional process of hematopoietic stem cells and how to best utilize human embryonic stem cells for vascular repair, which could have a profound impact on a large number of retinal diseases.

• Rafael Grytz, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the biomechanical mechanisms that underlie growth and remodeling in the eye during physiological and pathological conditions, particularly growth and remodeling in myopia, glaucoma, and keratoconus.

• Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH, is the Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology; Director, Clinical Research Unit; and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the impact of aging on vision and the relationship between vision and driving and strategies that can improve routine eye care utilization among populations at-risk for eye disease and vision impairment. She is particularly interested in the translation of research findings into public policy in these arenas.

• Brian C. Samuels, MD, PhD, is the Dennis Endowed Professor in Glaucoma Research at UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. His research focuses on glaucoma, specifically how the brain controls eye pressure.