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M. Charles Liberman, PhD, director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear, was recently awarded the James B. Snow Jr., MD, Tinnitus Research Award for his outstanding contributions to advancing tinnitus research. Named in honor of James B. Snow, Jr., MD, the first director of the...

Harvard Medical School Instructor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Regan Bergmark, MD, FARS, who is also an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, was selected as the 2021 H. Richard Nesson Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her project, “Disparities in Timely Access to...

Effective July 1, 2021, Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, will serve as the next incumbent of the Solman and Libe Friedman Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. This professorship was created in 2011 to honor the parents of Ephraim Friedman, MD, a former retina specialist and researcher in...

Dear MD postdocs, We are organizing a virtual community meet on the 6th of October! With this meet we hope to connect the MD postdoc members where they can get to know each other and share their unique experiences. This would also give us all a chance to get to know the challenges and difficulties...

National Postdoc Appreciation Week celebrates and appreciates the wonderful contributions that postdocs make to research and discovery! We at HMPA appreciate you! Thank you for all your hard work! Please see our appreciation video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m7HVo3beZMI

National Postdoc Association Event myPostdoc Monthly: Insurance 101 Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET Register here: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1556647&gro… Accessing care...

Ronen Mukamel and Bob Handsaker's paper on phenotypic effects of protein-coding variable-number-of-tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphisms ( Mukamel*, Handsaker* et al. 2021 Science) is now published -- congratulations, Ronen and Bob! This exciting collaboration with Steve McCarroll's lab found that some...

Russell L. Woods, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is the 2021 recipient of the Low Vision Research Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and the Lions Clubs International...

Ines Lains, MD, PhD, a PGY-4 ophthalmology resident, received the Metabolomics Society Best Presentation Award for her top-scoring oral abstract, “Plasma metabolomic profiles of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) progression." This work contributes to our understanding of AMD progression and may...

Three Boston Children's Hospital ophthalmology research trainees were recognized for their research and teaching by the hospital's Ophthalmology Basic Research Group at its annual Seminar event. Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow, was recognized with the 2020-2021 Best Teaching Award and is...