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ONL Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for preserving sight in a range of retinal diseases, has announced that Joan W. Miller, MD, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and...

Contact: Suzanne Day suzanne_day@meei.harvard.edu 617-573-3897 BOSTON – The Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology has been granted a $30,000 Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship for Daniel Diaz-Aguilar. This grant will allow Diaz-Aguilar to spend a...

Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH, received the Kersley Medal from the British Ocular Surface Society, and delivered an associated lectureship entitled "Ocular surface inflammation - lab to bedside" at the Society's 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting in London on December 4, 2015.

Anders M. Näär, PhD, Harvard Medical School Professor of Cell Biology, received Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Stein Innovation Award in the amount of $300,000 over two years. This award is given to researchers outside of the Department of Ophthalmology (but within HMS) with a common goal of...

Petr Baranov, MD, received the Alice Adler Award of $30,000 over one year from Harvard Medical School for his project, "High-throughput screening assay to identify photoreceptor pre-survival molecules." Together with Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, he also received $60,000 over one year from Mass. Lions...

Retinal Disorders:Genetic Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment Edited by Eric A. Pierce, Richard H. Masland, and Joan W. Miller Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announces the release of Retinal Disorders: Genetics Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Department of Ophthalmology...

Mass. Eye and Ear Vision Rehabilitation Director Mary Lou Jackson appeared in Ophthalmology Times to discuss the challenges facing vision rehabilitation services in the United States and Canada. This form of occupational therapy is important and growing, but issues such as lack of health insurance...

Is the dress white & gold or black & blue? The science behind " The Great Dress Debate" is explained by Joseph Rizzo III, MD, David G. Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology in the field of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at Mass. Eye and Ear. To watch the interview on...

Alex Hwang, PhD, won the Muse Award, a sub-category competition of the Wearables in Healthcare Pilot Challenge by Medstro. Dr. Hwang's idea was to use the Muse, which is a compact version of an electroencephalogram that measures electrical signals in the brain, to measure the level of visually...