Dr. Don Hood is the James F. Bender Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology), and has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 1969. He holds a Ph.D. (1970) degree from Brown University and honorary degrees from Smith College (2000), Brown University (2017), and SUNY College of Optometry (2019). Dr. Hood is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of an Alcon Research Institute Award (2014). He served as Editor-in-Chief of IOVS from 2018 to 2022. While some of his nearly 400 publications deal with issues of the basic visual neuroscience, most concern diseases of the retina and optic nerve. He had continuous grant support from NIH/NEI for over 50 years.
Dr. Hood is the 33rd recipient of our Bobier Distinguished Lecture award.