Diabetic Eye Disease

Lloyd P. Aiello, MD, PhD, has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). The Friedenwald Award was established in 1957 as a memorial to Dr. Jonas S. Friedenwald...

Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Co-Director of the Diabetic Eye Disease Center of Excellence at Harvard Medical School, has been inducted into the Retina Hall of Fame for his contributions to the research and treatment of...

Nearly 40 Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and trainees from our affiliates—including Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Mass. Eye and Ear, and VA Boston Healthcare System—participated in the American Academy of...

Konstantina Sampani, MD , Clinical Research Fellow at The Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, received ARVO's 2019 Science Communications Training Fellowship. The one year program - awarded to just 20 ARVO members - trains young scientists to...

Mohammad Dahrouj, MD, PhD, a second-year ophthalmology resident at Harvard Medical School, was selected to receive the 2017 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which provides up to $20,000 to support residents' multi-year research project. Anthony Adamis, MD , a...

Regulating transcription factor RUNX1 using small molecule drugs a promising novel therapy for diseases of the retina, including advanced diabetic eye disease. Boston, Mass.— A team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers has identified a novel...

New research findings may lead to development of new therapies to delay or prevent the development of diabetic eye disease. Boston, Mass. — Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have shown that a slight increase...

Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH, has been selected to become the 4th National Chair of the world-renowned Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network (DRCR.net), one of the most prestigious positions for a clinical researcher in diabetic eye disease. Her...

Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe, for the first time, an association between a defective myogenic response of blood vessels in the retina and early, accelerated development of retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes. The findings may lead to...

In a study comparing imaging techniques used in an ocular telehealth program, Paolo Silva, MD, Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute found that standard field nonmydriatic fundus photography and...