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At the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting, May 6–10 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Harvard Ophthalmology faculty, trainees, and research fellows authored 233 abstracts, including 38 papers and 195 research posters representing the investigative work of more than 220 individuals: 91 faculty, 14 clinical fellows...

As part of the National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative, the National Institutes of Health awarded $12.4 million to six research teams to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina. Larry Benowitz, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital, and colleagues at Stanford...

Boston, Mass. — Ula V. Jurkunas, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, and a resident of Winchester, Mass., has been selected to receive a 2017 ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras...

May 5-9, 2013 – Seattle, WA At this year’s meeting, held in Seattle, Washington from May 5–9, faculty, trainees and research fellows authored 239 abstracts, including 44 papers and 195 research posters representing the investigative work of nearly 230 individuals, including 90+ faculty, 20 clinical...

Eric Ng, PhD, and Jaya Rajaiya, PhD, have been accepted to attend the 2017 HMS Leadership Development Course for Physicians and Scientists on March 29-31, 2017. This annual course offered by the Harvard Office for Faculty Affairs is designed for HMS and HSDM instructors, assistant professors, and...

The Lions VisionGift eye bank has been instrumental in supporting Mass. Eye and Ear’s educational initiatives. In the past two years, the nonprofit has donated more than $50,000 in practice tissue for Harvard Ophthalmology residents and Mass. Eye and Ear fellows. This generous gift has helped...

New research by Larry Benowitz, PhD, and colleagues shows how zinc regulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells, and by binding it (zinc chelation), can help the optic nerve to regenerate. Their findings, published in PNAS (January, 2017), could potentially lead to therapies that help patients...

Venkat had a Summer Internship with Dr Heng in 2016. His project led him to become a Siemens Foundation 2016 SemiFinalist and today, Venkat is named as a Regeneron STS 2017 Scholar! Great job and congratulations, Venkat!

Boston, Mass. — Researchers from Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have uncovered two factors responsible for the chronic, lifelong nature of autoimmune disorders, which tend to “flare up” intermittently in affected patients. These two factors are cell-signaling proteins...

Event Archive Biennial International Symposium on AMDOctober 21-22, 2016Organizing Committee: Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, MBA; Deeba Husain, MD; Ivana K. Kim, MDEx-officio: Joan W. Miller, MD Ephraim Friedman lecturer: Robert E. Marc, PhDTalk title "Remodeling in Retinal Degenerations"This lecture...