Kip Connor, PhD

Pictured above: Retinal microglia (green) and the retinal vasculature (magenta). Photo credit: Dong-Ho Park, M.D., Connor Lab. A research team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear has shown that microglia, the primary immune cells of the brain and retina, play a...

Findings may have significant therapeutic implications for AMD, the most common cause of elderly blindness in the developed world Boston, Mass. — A compound of specific bioactive products from a major family of enzymes reduced the severity of age-related...

Kip Connor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was selected for a 2017 Young Mentor Award, which recognizes faculty who are in the early stages of their careers, and are dedicated mentors and educators. This award...

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...