The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) announced its 2026-2027 Advisory Panel. Bringing together expertise across myopia research, clinical practice, professional education and public health, the panel will provide guidance to support GMAC’s mission to raise global awareness of childhood myopia and encourage informed action.

The following experts have been appointed to the 2026-2027 GMAC Advisory Panel:

Olga Prenat – global head of medical and professional affairs, EssilorLuxottica; chair, GMAC Advisory Panel committee and GMAC board member (France)

Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, Dr Med, PhD – professor of Paediatric Ophthalmology, University College London (United Kingdom)

Elena García Rubio, OD, MSc — co-founder of National Institute of Vision, co-founder of visual health program of SOLCIOE in Spain; chief clinical officer at Promethei. IMI ambassador.

Ian Flitcroft, MA, MBBS, DPhil – consultant ophthalmologist, Mater Misericordiae Hospital; adjunct professor of Vision Science, Technological University Dublin; Co-Founder, Ocumetra (Ireland)

Kate Gifford, PhD, BAppSc (Optom) Hons – Optometrist, Clinician-Scientist and Co-Founder and Director of Myopia Profile (Australia)

Li-Lian Foo, MD, FRCOphth, MMed (Ophth), GDFM, BEng (First Class Honours) – president, Myopia Society of Singapore; clinical director, Myopia Service, and consultant ophthalmologist, Singapore National Eye Centre; clinical assistant professor, Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore)

Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA – myopia researcher, inventor and clinical optometrist (United States)