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The purpose of the MMS LGBTQ Research Grant program is to encourage and incorporate cultural competency training early in medical education to make strides towards improving health care quality, access and equity for LGBTQ patients in the Commonwealth. To that end, the Massachusetts Medical Society...

Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD, has been selected to receive a Career Development Award from Foundation Fighting Blindness. The award, which is given to two junior clinical investigators who are studying retinal degenerative diseases, will provide $375,000 of support over five years. Dr. Huckfeldt is...

Max is starting a PhD program at MIT EECS and is interested in how population patterns learned from biobank data can be used to predict traits, diseases and health outcomes for individuals. Welcome, Max!

Dr. Mark Shrime has been awarded the 2018 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. This award recognizes members committed to practicing otolaryngology with compassionate, patient-centered care. For Dr. Shrime, his...

Dr. Ravindra Uppaluri, Chief of Otolaryngology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School, has been appointed the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Otolaryngology at BWH. A leader in his field, Dr. Uppaluri has dedicated his career to the...

Dr. Yvonne Gomez-Carrion has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2018 recipient of the Society’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Award, an honor recognizing an individual who has made outstanding contributions to LGBT health. Dr. Gomez-Carrion, a Newton resident...

New research shows that immune cells developed from early exposure to bacteria contribute to vision loss in glaucoma patients. A research team from Harvard Ophthalmology and MIT has shown that immune cells in the eye that developed in response to early exposure to bacteria are a key contributor to...

Researchers have developed a potential new strategy for improving outcomes in corneal transplant surgeries by injecting vasoactive intestinal peptide into the eye. A new study led by Harvard Ophthalmology faculty reports for the first time that injection of the neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal...

Dr. Heng penned a blog post about her mentee experience with Women Accelerators 2018 Mentoring Program.