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Russell L. Woods, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is the 2021 recipient of the Low Vision Research Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and the Lions Clubs International...

Ines Lains, MD, PhD, a PGY-4 ophthalmology resident, received the Metabolomics Society Best Presentation Award for her top-scoring oral abstract, “Plasma metabolomic profiles of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) progression." This work contributes to our understanding of AMD progression and may...

Three Boston Children's Hospital ophthalmology research trainees were recognized for their research and teaching by the hospital's Ophthalmology Basic Research Group at its annual Seminar event. Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow, was recognized with the 2020-2021 Best Teaching Award and is...

The Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office highlights a new study from the TRACTS Lab: Visual Disturbances Associated with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury. Click here to read the full article.

Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE, director of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Division, was recently nominated by Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) for its inaugural He for She Award. The award was launched by the WIO, a section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)...

Glaucoma is a progressive, irreversible optic neuropathy with variable presentation and clinical course and there is currently no way to pre-symptomatically distinguish patients at risk of severe and progressive disease from those individuals unlikely to develop glaucoma-related vision loss. Nazlee...

Event: Tips for Matching into Top U.S. Residencies as an IMG Date: 12-15-21, Wednesday Time: 1:00-2:00 pm Four panelists will discuss tips for matching into residency programs including • Pre-networking, letter of interest and how to send it, disclosures and letters of recommendation • How to make...

We are excited to share a new preprint, " A spectrum of recessiveness among Mendelian disease variants in UK Biobank" (Barton et al.), which leverages whole-exome sequencing together with imputation in UK Biobank to identify carrier effects of rare variants known to cause recessive Mendelian...

Interested in forming a new innovative healthcare company from your idea but unsure of the first step? What are the barriers and logistical challenges along the way, and which are specific to the Mass General Brigham system? Join us for Mass General Brigham Innovation Grand Rounds - a monthly system...

Erwei Li has been granted a two-year fellowship through the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Additionally, Erwei has been promoted to the position of Instructor. Congratulations, Erwei!