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Scientists identify new pathway that may enable the inner ear to be reprogrammed to grow lost hair cells, which could help develop treatments to restore hearing. A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that...

"Every day, and usually unconsciously, I carry around fear that I’ll be judged for my sexual orientation. This fear has affected my experience of medical training, and I suspect I’m not alone. Trainees in your own hospital may feel the same way. Before every rotation in medical school, I was anxious...

We are pleased to present the Winter 2019 Issue of The Registry, which is the semi-annual newsletter of the NIDCD National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School. Inside you will find: Enhancing the accessibility of archived...

Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology Faculty and Trainees on recieving ARVO Travel Grants: Dina B. K. Abusamra, PhD, Clinical Research Fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear Saghar Bagheri, MD, Clinical Research Fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear Karen Chang, PhD, Research Fellow at Mass. Eye and...

Commonly used ibuprofen may not be the safest pain relief option for all children following tonsillectomy due to an elevated risk for significant post-operative bleeding when compared to acetaminophen, according to a new randomized trial from Massachusetts Eye And Ear/Harvard Medical School...

A new study led by a research team from Harvard Medical School and Mass. Eye and Ear, describes how bacteria adapted to the modern hospital environment and repeatedly cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections. This study examined one of the first sustained hospital outbreaks of a multidrug...

Instructor in Ophthalmology Emily Wiecek, OD, PhD, and research fellow Zhengping (Ping) Hu each received Career-Starter Grants from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. With support from this award, Emily will continue studying how anisometropic and strabismic amblyopia affect peripheral visual...

A large-scale, collaborative, systems biology approach is needed to expedite the discovery of treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration, according to a report by a working group of scientists appointed by the National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) that includes Joan. W. Miller, MD, Chair of...

The Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund has awarded $700,000 in grants to support research projects led by the following faculty: Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center Paolo Silva, MD, will study computational fluid dynamics modeling of the human retinal microvasculature in order to...

At ASHG this year, Max Sherman will be speaking about his work on mosaic CNVs in autism (Thu 10/17 at 9:45am, #105) and Po-Ru Loh will be speaking about his work on clonal hematopoiesis in UK Biobank (Sat 10/19 at 10:45am, #343). Ronen Mukamel and Alison Barton will be presenting posters exploring...