25th Anniversary VSS Lifetime Achievement Award

Monday, May 19, 2025, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Talk Room 2

The 25th anniversary VSS Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates Tatiana (Tania) Pasternak’s exceptional contributions to vision science over her life, recognizing her compelling research achievements, intellectual leadership, and dedicated, deep service to the scientific community.

Tatiana (Tania) Pasternak

Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Scientific Review Officer at the US National Institutes of Health

25th Anniversary VSS Lifetime Service Award

Monday, May 19, 2025, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Talk Room 2

The 25th anniversary VSS Lifetime Service Award celebrates Hoover Chan’s longstanding contributions in uniting and serving the international vision science community.

Hoover Chan

Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and the University of California, San Francisco

25th Anniversary VSS Founders’ Awards

Monday, May 19, 2025, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Talk Room 2

Congratulations to Drs. Ken Nakayama and Thomas Sanocki, the recipients of the VSS Founders’ Awards. These awards are presented in recognition of their roles in launching our Society and organizing the first several meetings that have now been held annually for the last 25 years.

Ken Nakayama

Professor Emeritus, Harvard University; Visiting Research Scientist at the University of California, Berkeley

Thomas Sanocki

Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida