Definition and Classification of MGD |
Co-Chairs: J. Daniel Nelson (USA) and Jun Shimazaki (Japan) |
Steering Committee (SC) Liaison: Gary N. Foulks (USA) |
Members: José M. Benitez-del-Castillo (Spain), Jennifer P. Craig (New Zealand), James P. McCulley (USA), and Seika Den (Japan) |
Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of the Meibomian Gland |
Chair: Erich Knop (Germany) |
SC Liaison: David A. Sullivan (USA) |
Members: Nadja Knop (Germany), Tom Millar (Australia), and Hiroto Obata (Japan) |
Tear Film Lipids, and Lipid-Protein Interactions, in Health and Disease |
Chair: Kari B. Green-Church (USA) |
SC Liaison: Ben J. Glasgow (USA) |
Members: Stefano Barabino (Italy), Douglas Borchman (USA), Igor Butovich (USA), Friedrich Paulsen (Germany), and Mark Willcox (Australia) |
Epidemiology of, and Associated Risk Factors for, MGD |
Chair: Debra A. Schaumberg (USA) |
SC Liaisons: Kelly K. Nichols (USA) |
Members: Jason J. Nichols (USA), Eric B. Papas (Australia), Louis Tong (Singapore), and Miki Uchino (Japan) |
Evaluation, Diagnosis and Grading of Severity of MGD |
Chair: Alan Tomlinson (Scotland) |
SC Liaisons: Murat Dogru (Japan) and Anthony J. Bron (UK) |
Members: Donald R. Korb (USA), Shiro Amano (Japan), Jerry R. Paugh (USA), E. Ian Pearce (Scotland), Richard Yee (USA), Norihiko Yokoi (Japan), and Reiko Arita (Japan) |
Management and Therapy of MGD |
Chair: Gerd Geerling (Germany) |
SC Liaisons: Kazuo Tsubota (Japan) and Kelly K. Nichols (USA) |
Members: Christophe Baudouin (France), Eiki Goto (Japan), Yukihiro Matsumoto (Japan), Terrence O'Brien (USA), Maurizio Rolando (Italy), and Joseph Tauber (USA) |
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials |
Chair: Penny A. Asbell (USA) |
SC Liaisons: Michael A. Lemp (USA) and Kelly K. Nichols (USA) |
Members: Fiona J. Stapleton (Australia), Kerstin Wickström (Sweden), Esen K. Akpek (USA), Pasquale Aragona (Italy), and Reza Dana (USA) |
Industry Liaison |
SC Liaison and Chair: David A. Sullivan (USA) |
Members: Amy Brill (Allergan, USA), Michael Brubaker (Alcon, USA), Timothy Comstock (Bausch & Lomb, USA), David Eveleth (Pfizer, USA), Fulvio Foschini (SOOFT Italia, Italy), Manal Gabriel (CIBA Vision, USA), Neil D. Donnenfeld (Advanced Vision Research, USA), Kazuto Masuda (Senju, Japan), Katsuhiko Nakata (Santen, Japan), Kim Brazzell (Inspire, USA), Marie Laure Dupuy Perard (Laboratoires Théa, France), Marco Betancourt (TRB Chemedica), and Sherryl Frisch (Johnson & Johnson, USA) |