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Celebrated award honors distinguished achievements in ophthalmology Joan W. Miller, MD, the David Glendenning Cogan Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been named the 2018...

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...

The proteins that form the permeation pathway of mechanosensory transduction channels in inner ear hair cells have not been definitively identified. Genetic, anatomical, and physiological evidence support a role for sensor protein, transmembrane channel-like protein (TMC) 1, in hair cell sensory...

In a first step toward cracking the genetics of common strabismus, Elizabeth C. Engle, MD; David Hunter, MD, PhD; Mary C. Whitman, MD, PhD; and chief orthoptist Sarah MacKinnon contributed to a study, published in IOVS, that identified significant gene associations in strabismus and suggested a...

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce the Archives for Diversity and Inclusion. Building on the successes of the Archives for Women in Medicine program, the Archives for Diversity and Inclusion will expand in scope to include acquiring the research, teaching, and professional...

Boston, Mass. — Bacteria are present in just about every breath of air we take in. How the airway protects itself from infection from these bacteria has largely remained a mystery — until now. When bacteria are inhaled, exosomes, or tiny fluid-filled sacs, are immediately secreted from cells that...

On November 30, several faculty members participated in the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) meeting held at the Back Bay Event Center. Michael Yoon, MD, moderated the morning session, Iatrogenic Complications—Neuro-Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics. This session included talks by Linda...

Double discrimination from both heterosexual and homosexual communities was a common theme mentioned by all three researchers. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, an assistant professor at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, mentioned that bisexuals are "often experiencing discrimination from...