Donald C. Hood

Don Hood, the James F. Bender Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology), has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 1969. He holds a B.A. from Harpur College of the State University of New York, M.Sc. and Ph.D. (1970) degrees from Brown University and an honorary degree from Smith College (2000), Brown University (2017) and the State University of New York College of Optometry (2019). From 1982 to 1987, he served as Vice President for the Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as the Society of Experimental Psychologists and the Optical Society of America. He received an Alcon Research Institute Award and the Research Excellence Award from the Optometric Glaucoma Society, in 2014.

He served on the Board of Trustees of Smith College from 1989 to 1999 (Vice Chair from 1991–1999); the Board of Trustees of Brown University (from 2002–2017, and as its Secretary from 2008–2017); the Board of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology from 2004–2009; the Board of the ARVO Foundation for Vision Research from 2009–2016; and the Board of The Harry Guggenheim Foundations since 1996.

He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, having served on its Board since 1992. He has also served on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Vision (2000–2012), Documenta Ophthalmologica (since 2004), Translational Vision Science & Technology (2011–2017); Vision Research (2004–2013), Progress in Retinal and Eye Research (2017–2018), and Journal of Glaucoma (2017–present). Don Hood’s research deals with the behavior, physiology, and anatomy of the human visual system. While some of his over 400 publications deal with issues of the basic neuroscience of vision, most of his work over the last 30 years has concerned research on diseases of the retina and optic nerve. He has an h-index of 86, and has had continuous grant support from NIH/NEI for almost 50 years.

He has taught undergraduate courses on brain and behavior and advanced course on visual science. At Columbia University, he has been awarded the Mark van Doren Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College (1993), the Great Teacher Award (Society of Columbia Gradates, 2004), and the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching (2007).


Education:
  • Ph.D., Brown University, 1970
  • Honorary Degree (Doctor of Humane Letters), Brown University, 2017
  • Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science), Smith College, 2000
  • Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science), SUNY College of Optometry, 2019

Selected Publications:
  • Hood D.C. and Kardon, R.H. (2007) “A framework for comparing structural and functional measures of glaucomatous damage.” Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 26:688–710.
  • Hood D.C., Raza AS, de Moraes C.G.V., Liebmann JM, Ritch R. (2013) “Glaucomatous damage of the macula.” Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 32:1–21.
  • Hood D.C., La Bruna S., Tsamis E., et al. “Detecting glaucoma with only OCT: Implications for the clinic, research, screening, and AI development.” Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 2022, 22:101–52.


Last updated November 28, 2022