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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...

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...

Chief Resident Grayson Armstrong and 2021-22 Chief Resident Margot Weinert have spearheaded the development of a weekly virtual cataract surgical training curriculum. Each week, they tackle a topic in cataract surgery by putting together readings and videos online. The week culminates in a Zoom case...

Pictured above: Retinal microglia (green) and the retinal vasculature (magenta). Photo credit: Dong-Ho Park, M.D., Connor Lab. A research team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear has shown that microglia, the primary immune cells of the brain and retina, play a protective role in response to retinal...

Faculty member Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD, has been selected by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) to receive the 2022 Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology in recognition of her distinguished scholarly contributions to the clinical practice of...

Harvard Ophthalmology was well represented at the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) annual meeting last month. Chair Joan W. Miller, MD, the President-elect of AUPO, served as Program Committee Chair for the five-day event. Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of...

Leo A. Kim, MD, PhD, a clinician scientist with surgical expertise and an innovator in the treatment of retinal diseases associated with neovascularization and fibrosis and an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, will serve as the next incumbent of the Monte J. Wallace...