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New Study Greenlights Self-Swab Pap Tests for Transmasculine Patients

Self-swab testing for HPV could be a good alternative to pap tests for transmasculine people, says Sari Reisner, principal investigator of the study and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, also in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H...

Dr. Vandenberghe to Receive Outstanding New Investigator Award

Luk Vandenberghe, PhD , Director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center at Mass. Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, will receive the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Outstanding New Investigator Award — one of the Society’s highest honors...

Dr. Haider Lobbies Congress to Increase Support for NIH/NEI

Neena Haider, PhD , Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, was invited by the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) to lobby Congress to increase support for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Eye Institute. In March, she met with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congressmen Joe...

Resident Wendy Liu Receives Gragoudas-Folkman Award

First-year Harvard Ophthalmology resident Wendy Liu, MD, PhD, received the 2018 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which will provide up to $20,000 to help fund her research on mechanosensitive ion channels in primary open-angle glaucoma. She will complete the project under the guidance of her mentor Janey...

Highlights from the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting

The Department of Ophthalmology was, once again, well represented at this year’s Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO) Imaging in the Eye Conference and Annual Meeting, held April 28 through May 3 in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 145 faculty and trainees participated as course...

Schepens pioneer dies at age 95

Endre A. Balazs, a pioneer in viscoelastic therapeutics and a leader in hyaluronan and vitreous research, passed away on August 29th at the age of 95. Dr. Balazs had a central role in establishing what is now Schepens Eye Research Institute, and was awarded the Institute's Distinguished Alumnus...

Eye Insights Issue 3: The Boston KPro

The September 2015 issue of Eye Insights™, a clinical advisory newsletter published by Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, is now available. This issue focuses on the Boston KPro, specifically on how to manage complications associated with implantation, postoperative...