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Information for this release was provided by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Rockville, Md. — Vision scientists may have discovered how to reduce pedestrian collisions in crowded and chaotic open space environments like bus terminals, shopping malls and city plazas...

The Lions VisionGift eye bank has been instrumental in supporting Mass. Eye and Ear’s educational initiatives. In the past two years, the nonprofit has donated more than $50,000 in practice tissue for Harvard Ophthalmology residents and Mass. Eye and Ear fellows. This generous gift has helped...

New research by Larry Benowitz, PhD, and colleagues shows how zinc regulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells, and by binding it (zinc chelation), can help the optic nerve to regenerate. Their findings, published in PNAS (January, 2017), could potentially lead to therapies that help patients...

Congratulations to our Chief Resident and senior residents, who have matched with outstanding fellowship programs: Durga Borkar, MD, Vitreoretinal Fellow, Wills Eye Hospital Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow, Mass. Eye and Ear/HMS Chief Resident Seanna Grob, MD, MAS, ASOPRS Ophthalmic...

Rebecca Fine is a PhD student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program at Harvard University.

Chikashi Terao is an assistant professor at Kyoto University, and is now joining our team.

Tiffany Amariuta is a PhD student in the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics program at Harvard University.

David Wu, MD, PhD , was selected for the Mass. Eye and Ear 2017 Eleanor and Miles Shore 50 th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine. Established in 1995, this program seeks to support the academic success of junior faculty when demands for one’s time and attention are high by...

Kip Connor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was selected for a 2017 Young Mentor Award, which recognizes faculty who are in the early stages of their careers, and are dedicated mentors and educators. This award is one of three Excellence in Mentoring awards...