Grants

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. This three-year grant from the National Eye Institute will provide...

The destruction of retinal ganglion cells caused by the type II transmembrane protein Fas ligand (Fasl) is a key factor in glaucoma pathogenesis. Meredith Gregory-Ksander, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Assistant Scientist at Schepens Eye...

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...

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...

Dong Feng Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, and Lucy Q. Shen, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at HMS and Director of the...

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...

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...

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 along with the Mass General Executive Committee on...

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...

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...