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Anders M. Näär, PhD, Harvard Medical School Professor of Cell Biology, received Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Stein Innovation Award in the amount of $300,000 over two years. This award is given to researchers outside of the Department of Ophthalmology (but within HMS) with a common goal of...

Petr Baranov, MD, received the Alice Adler Award of $30,000 over one year from Harvard Medical School for his project, "High-throughput screening assay to identify photoreceptor pre-survival molecules." Together with Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, he also received $60,000 over one year from Mass. Lions...

Peter Veldman, MD, of Mass. Eye and Ear was first author on two recent publications related to the S-stamp for Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), a novel orientation technique that has to date eliminated upside-down graft implantation in DMEK. Dr. Veldman helped to validate and then...

The Office of Global Surgery and Health recently coordinated the second faculty visit to Haiti State University Hospital in Port-au-Prince to work with the residency program there. Roberto Pineda II, MD, and Shizuo Mukai, MD, returned after their initial faculty visit in June 2015. The focus of this...

Findings described in Nature Communications BOSTON, MASS. – Scientists from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology have used the power of new genomic technology to discover that microbes that commonly infect the eye have special, previously unknown properties...

Mass. Eye and Ear Brings Cutting-edge Femtosecond Laser Technology to Boston-area Patients Another option for cataract surgery Contact: Mary Leach BOSTON, MASS. – Patients choosing cataract surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear may now elect to have laser-assisted cataract surgery with the...

Retinal Disorders:Genetic Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment Edited by Eric A. Pierce, Richard H. Masland, and Joan W. Miller Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announces the release of Retinal Disorders: Genetics Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Department of Ophthalmology...

Mass. Eye and Ear Vision Rehabilitation Director Mary Lou Jackson appeared in Ophthalmology Times to discuss the challenges facing vision rehabilitation services in the United States and Canada. This form of occupational therapy is important and growing, but issues such as lack of health insurance...

Is the dress white & gold or black & blue? The science behind " The Great Dress Debate" is explained by Joseph Rizzo III, MD, David G. Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology in the field of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at Mass. Eye and Ear. To watch the interview on...

Alex Hwang, PhD, won the Muse Award, a sub-category competition of the Wearables in Healthcare Pilot Challenge by Medstro. Dr. Hwang's idea was to use the Muse, which is a compact version of an electroencephalogram that measures electrical signals in the brain, to measure the level of visually...