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The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) will co-host a Congressional briefing about dry eye disease on July 12. Janine Clayton, MD (National Institutes of Health), Susan Vitale, PhD, MHS (National Eye Institute), Anat Galor, MD (Bascom Palmer...

Regenerating the optic nerve was long considered impossible. But over the last 20 years, advances in the field have instilled confidence in many researchers—including Larry Benowitz, PhD , Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School—that regenerating the optic nerve is not...

Rani N. Al Karmi, MD, FRCS(c), M.Ed , a research and clinical fellow in Cornea and External Disease at Mass. Eye and Ear, was selected as the 2017 Alcon Research Scholar. This award provides support to a trainee to allow them to work on a translational research project with a senior clinician...

Ula V. Jurkunas, MD , received a grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3,431,841 over 4 years for her project, “Safety and Feasibility of Cultivated Autologous Limbal Epithelial Cell (CALEC) Transplantation in the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency.” This grant...

Dr. Mahmood promoted to the rank of Full Professor at the Harvard Medical School as of July 1st. 2017.

Dr. Mahmood was the keynote speaker at the "Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium" in Missoula Montana.

Boston, Mass. — Two vision researchers from the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology have received awards from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), the world’s leading voluntary organization supporting eye research. Gang Luo, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical...

Powerful new technology may lead to novel therapies to prevent vision loss, blindness in those with diseases of the retina Boston, Mass. — A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented mice from developing angiogenesis of the retina...

Mohammad Dahrouj, MD, PhD, a second-year ophthalmology resident at Harvard Medical School, was selected to receive the 2017 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which provides up to $20,000 to support residents' multi-year research project. Anthony Adamis, MD , a Mass. Eye and Ear alumnus and Global Head of...

Eli Peli, MSc, OD, FAAO, was selected to receive the Charles F. Prentice Medal Award by the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) . Established in 1958, this award is given annually to a distinguished scientist or clinician scientist in recognition of a career-long record of advancement of knowledge...