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Maureen E. Neitz is an American vision scientist whose research includes work on color vision and color blindness and the prevention of nearsightedness. She holds the Ray H. Hill Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Washington. Neitz is married to and works with Jay Neitz, also a vision scientist.They married in 1981 and began working together in ophthalmology in 1986, bringing together expertise in neuroscience from Jay and genetics from Maureen. In 2010, Neitz and her husband Jay were awarded the Pepose Award in Vision Science by Brandeis University.