Congratulations to Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, who received the 2020 Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Award.... Read more about Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Recognized for Excellence in Mentoring

Several ophthalmology faculty and staff will be honored with Mass General Brigham Pillars in Excellence (PIE) Awards for their contributions to both Mass Eye and Ear and the Mass General Brigham system.... Read more about Faculty and Staff Recognized for Contributions to Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Brigham

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

Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and assistant scientist at Mass Eye and Ear who studies small vessel disease in the brain and the eye, has been awarded a five-year, $4 million gift from Good Ventures to spur his lab’s groundbreaking work into Alzheimer’s disease genetic resistance.... Read more about Joseph F. Arboleda-Velásquez, MD, PhD, Receives $4 Million Research Gift

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 therapeutic target for retinal neovascularization, or abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, a hallmark of advanced diabetic eye disease (proliferative diabetic retinopathy).... Read more about Researchers identify new target for abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes

Faculty Recognition

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute of Aging/National Institutes of Health in the amount of $1,016,301 over five years for his project, "Exploring the Role of Aging in Cerebral Ischemic Small Vessel Disease Using Notch3 Mutant Mice."

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Faculty Awards

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, and co-PI, Leo Kim, MD, PhD, received a Department of Defense grant in the amount of $1,499,592 over three years, for their project, "Testing the Preclinical Efficacy of Therapies for Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy." They are collaborating on this project with ...

Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was selected for the 2015-2016 HMS Young Mentor Award, which recognizes faculty who are in the early stages of their careers, and are devoting their time to providing mentoring for others. This award is one of three Excellence in Mentoring awards established by the Office for...