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Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, director of the Harvard Ophthalmology residency training program, received a $30,000 grant from the Mass General Hospital Executive Committee on Community Health to fund a community-based retinal screening program for diabetic retinopathy at the MGH Chelsea Health Center. The...

Researchers led by a team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have identified a novel cellular entry factor for adeno-associated virus vector (AAV) types—the most commonly used viral vectors for in vivo gene therapy. AAVs are vectors–or vehicles—that are created from a virus that is made harmless by...

This year's award honors Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD, a clinician scientist who specializes in inherited retinal degenerations at Mass Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. The award, which includes a $100,000 prize, was established by an anonymous donor to...

Nahyoung (Grace) Lee, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is one of the 2021 honorees for the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award. This award—given through The Mass General Center for Faculty Development—provides an opportunity for Dr. Lee to serve as a "virtual"...

Internationally recognized for her work in both diabetic retinopathy and uveitis, Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical school (effective May 1, 2021). Earlier this month, Dr. Sobrin was also named the next incumbent of the Charles Edward Whitten...

Courtney L. Ondeck , MD, MPhil, Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, was selected for the 2021 Mass Eye and Ear Fellowship Award, part of the Eleanor and Miles Shore Faculty Development Program at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Established in 1995, this program seeks to support the...

Karen Wai, MD, and Sila Bal, MD, MPH, both PGY-4 ophthalmology residents, placed first and second, respectively, in the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) annual Hecht poster contest for residents and fellows. Dr. Wai was awarded first prize for her poster, "Contrast sensitivity function in...

Brian Ballios, MD, PhD, an inherited retinal degenerations fellow at Mass Eye and Ear, and Tatiana Perepelkina, MD, a pediatric medical retina fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, are both recipients of the 2020 VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation Research award, which will provide funding for their...

Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, is a recipient of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society’s Young Investigator Award. This award will support Dr. Tomita's research project “Petinal pathological neovascularization by Increasing FGF21 level in an aurine oxygen...

Aparna Raghuram, OD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an Optometrist at Boston Children’s Hospital, is the recipient of the 2021 American Academy of Optometry’s Career Development Award. This grant award provides $100,000 over two years to fund Dr. Raghuram's...