S. Grace Prakalapakorn, M.D., M.P.H. is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at Duke University andAffiliate Faculty at the Duke Global Health Institute. She is a clinician-scientist with a focus on improving access to care and outcomes in underserved communities by adapting innovative strategies to address clinically relevant problems. Her main research focuses are retinopathy of prematurity and public health. She was a staff ophthalmologist aboard ORBIS’ Flying Eye Hospital and was a previous Fulbright scholar to Thailand. She has worked with the National Institutes of Health on the Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccine in Liberia (PREVAIL) study based in Monrovia, Liberia and has served as a consultant on Zika Virus and pediatric ophthalmology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She previously served on the international subcommittee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Young Ophthalmologist committee. She is currently the Director of International Outreach at the Duke Eye Center.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Prakalapakorn has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

• Sanofi
• National Institutes of Health