Three ophthalmology faculty members were honored last month at the 26th annual celebration for the Eleanor and Miles Shore Faculty Development Awards. These fellowship and distinguished scholar awards support the academic success of junior faculty who are balancing early careers with significant responsibilities.... Read more about Ophthalmology Faculty Receive Faculty Development Awards

Jonathan R. Soucy, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is a recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.... Read more about Jonathan R. Soucy, PhD, Receives National Research Service Award from NEI

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Assistant Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is a 2022 recipient of the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research.... Read more about Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Awarded $500,000 in Funding to Support Alzheimer's Research

Glaucoma is a progressive, irreversible optic neuropathy with variable presentation and clinical course and there is currently no way to pre-symptomatically distinguish patients at risk of severe and progressive disease from those individuals unlikely to develop glaucoma-related vision loss.... Read more about Nazlee Zebardast, MD, MSc Awarded NIH K Grant for Glaucoma Risk Prediction Research

A key foundation partner to Harvard Ophthalmology, the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF) has selected several faculty to receive research awards. For academic year 2021-22, MLERF will provide $420,000 in funding to support innovative research projects across our affiliates.

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Faculty members Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Mengyu Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Harvard Ophthalmology Artificial Intelligence Lab, received 2021 Alcon Research Institute (ARI) Young Investigator Awards....

Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, Director of the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program, has received critical grant funding totaling more than $430,000 from Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism... Read more about Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, to Launch Pilot Program to Provide Eye Care to Underserved Communities with Funding from United Against Racism

David M. Wu, MD, PhD, the Joan Whitten Miller Retina Scholar at Mass Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is a 2021 recipient of the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Research.... Read more about David M. Wu, MD, PhD, Awarded $562,000 in Funding to Support AMD Research

Daisy Shu, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is the recipient of a 2019 Fight for Sight Post-Doctoral Award. This grant award provides $22,500 in funding to individuals with a doctorate who are interested in academic careers in basic or clinical research in ophthalmology, vision or related sciences.... Read more about Daisy Shu, PhD, Receives Fight for Sight Award

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Zhengping (Ping) Hu, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, was awarded a Competitive Renewal Grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation.... Read more about Zhengping Hu, MD, PhD, Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant

Mass. Eye and Ear postdoctoral research fellow Caitlin Collin, PhD, was awarded a Career Starter Grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. The grant will provide $70,000 of support for Dr. Collin’s research on the development of gene editing approaches for ABCA4-associated Stargardt disease.... Read more about Caitlin Collin, PhD, Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant