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eye Insights Issue 12: Nonorganic Vision Loss
In this issue of eye Insights, we take a close look at nonorganic vision loss(NVL). Inside, you’ll find techniques and tips for evaluating and managingpatients with NVL. Inside Message From the Editor-in-Chief Prevalence and Risk Factors Techniques For Evaluating Patients Tests for Visual Field Loss...
Nakul Singh, MD, MS, Recognized with Gragoudas-Folkman Prize
Nakul Singh, MD, MS, a PGY-3 ophthalmology resident, received the 2020 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which will provide up to $20,000 to help fund his research to “characterize the biomechanics of how ERMs and test the effect of netarsudil on inhibiting contraction.” He will complete the project under...
Preclinical Data on Single-Dose, Room Temperature-Stable COVID-19 Vaccine Supported by New Funding
The AAVCOVID vaccine program, a novel gene-based vaccine strategy led by Luk Vandenberghe, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center at Mass Eye and Ear, that utilizes an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, was granted an...
Scientists Reverse Age-Related Vision Loss, Eye Damage from Glaucoma in Mice
A team of researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Mass Eye and Ear have successfully restored vision in elderly mice by turning back the clock on their aged nerve cells in the retina to recapture their youthful function. The team used an adeno-associated virus as a vehicle to deliver into...
Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, to Launch Pilot Program to Provide Eye Care to Underserved Communities with Funding from United Against Racism
Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, Director of the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program, has received critical grant funding totaling more than $430,000 from Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism along with the Mass General Executive Committee on Community Health, Digital Federal Credit Union...
Congratulations to Our 2021 Clinical Trainee Graduates
Harvard Ophthalmology held its clinical trainee graduation on Thursday, June 17. The outdoor ceremony, held at the Boston Museum of Science, celebrated eight Harvard Ophthalmology residents, the AY2020–2021 Chief Resident, and two optometry residents, as well as 23 clinical fellows from Mass Eye and...
Retinal Imaging Laboratory Offers Mentoring Program for Harvard Students Underrepresented in Medicine
Research fellows are working with John B. Miller, MD, Director of the Harvard Retinal Imaging Laboratory, to offer early ophthalmology exposure to under-represented in medicine (URM) premedical students at Harvard College through clinical, research, and mentorship opportunities. Ned Lu, a student at...
Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, and Mengyu Wang, PhD, Receive Grant Awards from the Alcon Research Institute
Faculty members Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Mengyu Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Harvard Ophthalmology Artificial Intelligence Lab, received 2021 Alcon Research Institute...
Benjamin Jastrzembski, MD, Voted Educator of the Year by UMass Residents
Benjamin Jastrzembski, MD, Instructor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an ophthalmologist at Boston Children's Hospital, received this award—which is chosen by the residents—during the UMass Residents' Day on June 25. When voting for Dr. Jastrzembski, the residents shared that: “He...