Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020. This year’s ceremony—designed for safe social distancing—featured residents in-person with a live broadcast via Zoom, followed by a virtual-only graduation for clinical fellows on June 18.... Read more about Congratulations to our 2020 Clinical Trainee Graduates
Rohan Bir Singh, MD, a fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, received a 2020 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Science Communication Training Fellowship. The competitive, one-year program empowers early career scientists to communicate their complex vision research in clear and engaging ways to the public, media, legislators, and other key stakeholders.... Read more about Rohan Bir Singh, MD, Named Science Communication Training Fellow
For the second consecutive year, Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD, received the Faculty Innovated Research Award from Boston Children's Hospital. This year, the award recognizes his work developing evidence-based guidelines for the utility of ophthalmic consultation in patients with non-accidental trauma. Read more about Ankoor S.Shah, MD, PhD, Receives BCH Research Award
This year's Iraty Award for Research in Retinal Diseases honors Petr Baranov, PhD, a scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. The award, which includes a $100,000 prize, was...
The AAVCOVID vaccine program, led by Luk Vandenberghe, PhD, director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is a unique gene-based vaccine approach for COVID-19. It uses an adeno-associated virus (AAV)—a harmless viral vector—as a delivery vehicle for inducing an immune response.... Read more about Luk Vandenberghe, PhD, Leads COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Nine out of 22 Heed Fellowships for AY2020-21 were awarded to current and incoming Harvard Ophthalmology trainees. This postgraduate fellowship is one of the most prestigious honors for ophthalmology trainees who are pursuing academic careers in ophthalmic patient care, education, and research.... Read more about Trainees Receive Heed Fellowships
