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The VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation recognized four trainees with research awards and fellowships, enabling them to pursue research investigations at Mass. Eye and Ear and Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear. The VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation (VRSF) strives to promote education...

The Alcon Foundation Board renewed a grant in support of the Alcon Research Scholar program in the amount of $230,850 over three years. The renewal is for July 1, 2019 -June 30, 2022. The objective of the Alcon Research Scholar position which is to provide protected time for young clinician...

Boston, Mass. — Luk H. Vandenberghe, PhD, Director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has been awarded a Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) in the...

From May 1 st to May 5 th, more than 11,000 people attended the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2016 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Eye and vision researchers from more than 75 countries presented their current research, discussed emerging technologies, and strategized...

The title of ARVO Fellow is an honor established to recognize current ARVO members for their individual accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Association. ARVO Fellows serve as role models and mentors for individuals pursuing careers in vision and ophthalmology research and help...

New research findings may lead to development of new therapies to delay or prevent the development of diabetic eye disease. Boston, Mass. — Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have shown that a slight increase in transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)...

Improved delivery vector better penetrates the inner ear, also restores balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome Boston, Mass. — In the summer of 2015, a team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported restoring rudimentary hearing in genetically deaf mice using gene therapy...

MillennialEYE named Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, an “Outstanding female leader in ophthalmology” in their January/February 2017, and published a profile about her career and work. MillennialEYE is an all-digital publication and online community for the future leaders in ophthalmology. The full story can be...

Boston, Mass. — It’s the part of the eye exam everyone hates: the pupil-dilating eye drops. The drops work by opening the pupil and preventing the iris from constricting in response to light and are often used for routine examination and photography of the back of the eye. The drops sting, can take...

Five Ophthalmology residents have been selected for 2017-2018 Heed fellowships by the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation and the Society of Heed Fellows . This accounts for nearly 25% of of all awarded Heed fellowships this year. Congratulations to: Durga Borkar, MD Eric Gaier, MD, PhD James (Tony) Stefater...