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MD-PhD Track: HEART MD-PhD Summer Program

Harvard/MIT Equitable Access to Research Training (HEART) MD-PhD Summer Program The HEART MD-PhD Summer Program is a specialty track within SHURP focused on students interested in MD-PhD training, founded by current students in Harvard's MD-PhD program. Mission Statement: The HEART MD-PhD Summer...

Eye Witness 42 - Sept 2022

DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Harvard Ophthalmology In the latest issue of Eye Witness, we highlight our latest efforts on inclusion, diversity, and equity, including our EYE CAN program, a multi-tiered framework created by our IDE leaders that aims to increase diversity...

HDDC Seminars 2022-2023

Date Speaker Monday, December 5, 2022 Christopher Burd, MS, PhD. (Yale, CT) Host: Wayne Lencer, MD. Monday, January 9, 2023 Nicholas Zachos, PhD. (Nashville, TN) Host: Jerrold Turner, MD, PhD. Monday, March 6, 2023 Marcia B. Goldberg, MD. (MGH, HMS) Host: Wayne Lencer, MD. Monday, April 3, 2023 Ruth...

Treatment and Outcomes for IRDs

Until the approval of Luxturna®, there were no definitive treatments for any IRDs. Today, with the success of Luxturna®, preliminary results from therapies currently under investigation, and an expanding therapeutic toolkit, we have good reason for optimism. We envision a future in which gene...

Applications and Referrals

Applications to Other Diseases The same types of genetic strategies currently being tested for IRDs are also being tested and beginning to receive regulatory approvals in other areas of medicine. For example, the FDA has approved both gene-augmentation therapy and antisense oligonucleotide therapy...

eye Insights 13: Posterior Uveitis

In this issue of eye Insights, we explore posterior uveitis and its varied etiologies. Inside, you’ll find common causes, tips for diagnosing posterior uveitis, and treatment techniques. Inside Message from Editor-in-Chief What is Posterior Uveitis Diagnosis Treatment Checkpoint Inhibitors Editor-in...

Treatment

Treatment of Infectious Uveitis Treatment of infectious uveitis is dependent on the specific microbe. Treatment of Non-infectious Uveitis Anti-inflammatories Periocular, intravitreal, or systemic steroids are the mainstay of the acute treatment of non-infectious posterior uveitis. Topical steroids...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Neuroimaging

Two NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow positions are available to study brain abnormalities in patients with dystonia and tremor using a combination of structural (MRI, DWI) and functional (fMRI, EEG) neuroimaging techniques, genetics, and clinico-behavioral neurotesting. The postdoctoral fellows will...