Experts for Interviews

BrightFocus offers research grants to some of the best scientists in the U.S. and around the world working towards cures for Alzheimer's disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma. If you wish to interview a researcher about his or her investigations, please send an email to Dr. Diane Bovenkamp:

Diane Bovenkamp, Ph.D., is the Vice President, Scientific Affairs at BrightFocus Foundation.

Dr. Bovenkamp oversees all of BrightFocus Foundation’s research programs, serves as the scientific liaison for the organization in local, national, and international forums, and identifies and develops new research initiatives, partnerships, and funding policies consistent with the mission of BrightFocus.

Prior to assuming her current position, Dr. Bovenkamp served as the Scientific Program Officer and Science Communications Specialist at BrightFocus, and as Director of Science Information and Programs at Foundation Fighting Blindness. Dr. Bovenkamp obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, discovering and studying Eph receptors in angiogenesis and neural development in zebrafish and mice. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, isolating and characterizing zebrafish neuropilins. Dr. Bovenkamp conducted further research at the Johns Hopkins University Bayview Proteomics Center in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, using proteomic techniques for biomarker detection in human serum.

 For more information, you can also call 1-800-437-2423.