M. Roy Wilson

Dr. M. Roy Wilson, is a scholar and academic leader, driving innovation in medicine and research. He is currently President Emeritus of Wayne State University, where he became the 12th president in August of 2013 and served in that position for ten years.

Prior to joining Wayne State, President Wilson served as deputy director for strategic scientific planning and program coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health.

Previously, he was dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for health sciences at Creighton University, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and concurrently, chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver and chair of the Board of Directors of University of Colorado Hospital. President Wilson also chaired the Board of Directors of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and was acting president during part of that time.017 to 2018, he was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the

Dr. Wilson is an accomplished researcher, receiving the NIH Director’s Award for his research on glaucoma and blindness in West Africa, the Caribbean and underserved communities in the United States.

He received his undergraduate degree from Allegheny College, an M.S. in epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Wilson is a world-renowned ophthalmologist and physician who has worked with Dr. Martone at a number of locations in the Caribbean and Africa. We are very fortunate that he has agreed to serve as an advisor to the Section of International Ophthalmology and Global Eye Health in our department.