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Giovanni Battistella, PhD

Dr. Battistella is an Investigator at Mass Eye and Ear. He earned his MSc in biomedical engineering from Politecnico di Torino in Italy and earned his PhD in neuroscience from the Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. He completed two postdoctoral...

Max Kuhn

Max is a master's student in "Human Factors Engineering" at the Technical University of Munich. In Bowers Lab, he is writing his master's thesis and investigating the extent to which the utilization of visual cues is dependent on the mental model of the driving situation as well as one's own visual...

Nolan Kamitaki

Nolan is a PhD student in the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG) program at HMS. He previously studied statistics and computer science at Harvard University. His interests span the development and application of computational and molecular approaches to understanding how genetic variation...

Nyah Kshatriya, B.S.

Nyah completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Arizona State University. There, she worked as a research assistant in Dr. Daliri’s Speech and Brain Research Lab, where she used auditory perturbation, neuroimaging, and neurostimulation techniques to study speech motor control. She...

Treatment and Outcomes for IRDs

Until the approval of Luxturna®, there were no definitive treatments for any IRDs. Today, with the success of Luxturna®, preliminary results from therapies currently under investigation, and an expanding therapeutic toolkit, we have good reason for optimism. We envision a future in which gene...

Applications and Referrals

Applications to Other Diseases The same types of genetic strategies currently being tested for IRDs are also being tested and beginning to receive regulatory approvals in other areas of medicine. For example, the FDA has approved both gene-augmentation therapy and antisense oligonucleotide therapy...

eye Insights 13: Posterior Uveitis

In this issue of eye Insights, we explore posterior uveitis and its varied etiologies. Inside, you’ll find common causes, tips for diagnosing posterior uveitis, and treatment techniques. Inside Message from Editor-in-Chief What is Posterior Uveitis Diagnosis Treatment Checkpoint Inhibitors Editor-in...

Treatment

Treatment of Infectious Uveitis Treatment of infectious uveitis is dependent on the specific microbe. Treatment of Non-infectious Uveitis Anti-inflammatories Periocular, intravitreal, or systemic steroids are the mainstay of the acute treatment of non-infectious posterior uveitis. Topical steroids...