Research fellows are working with John B. Miller, MD, Director of the Retinal Imaging Laboratory at Mass Eye and Ear, to offer early ophthalmology exposure to under-represented in medicine (URM) premedical students at Harvard College through clinical, research, and mentorship opportunities.... Read more about Retinal Imaging Lab Offers Mentoring Program for Harvard Students Underrepresented in Medicine

Harvard Ophthalmology held its clinical trainee graduation on Thursday, June 17. The outdoor ceremony, held at the Boston Museum of Science, celebrated eight Harvard Ophthalmology residents, the AY2020–2021 Chief Resident, and two optometry residents, as well as 23 clinical fellows from Mass...

Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, is a recipient of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society’s Young Investigator Award. This award will support Dr. Tomita's research project “Petinal pathological neovascularization by Increasing FGF21 level in an aurine oxygen-induced retinopathy model,” which is part of his work with Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. 

Nakul Singh, MD, MS, a PGY-3 ophthalmology resident, received the 2020 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which will provide up to $20,000 to help fund his research to “characterize the biomechanics of how ERMs and test the effect of netarsudil on inhibiting contraction.”... Read more about Nakul Singh, MD, MS, Recognized with Gragoudas-Folkman Prize

Second year resident Ines Lains, MD, PhD, has been selected to participate in the 2021 Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO)/Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Resident and Fellow Research Forum at the upcoming annual meeting. This forum was established to encourage the most promising trainees to pursue careers in academic ophthalmology and vision research.... Read more about Ines Lains, MD, PhD, Selected for Resident and Fellow Research Forum

Maryam Tahvildari, MD, has been selected as the Abelson Family Fellow in Cornea at Mass Eye and Ear for the academic year 2020-2021. This fellowship was established by Dr. Mark Abelson and his family in 2011 to support the pioneering of new clinical research and translational research initiatives, while encouraging early stage clinicians and scientists to pursue academic careers in medicine and to search for new ways to prevent, treat, and cure disease.... Read more about Maryam Tahvildari, MD, Receives Abelson Family Fellowship

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

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Rossin, MD, PhD, is one of three recipients of the 2020-2021 Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award. This prestigious award, which provides monetary support, is given to exceptional second-year vitreoretinal surgery fellows in the United States after a rigorous and competitive review process.... Read more about Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD, Receives Michels Fellowship Foundation Award

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

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rossin, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2020 Thomas J. Madden Fellowship in Retina. Dr. Rossin, who served as the AY 2018-2019 Chief Resident and Director of the Ocular Trauma Service, is completing a two-year vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at Mass. Eye and Ear under...

Dan Gong, MD, has been honored with the 2020 Robert Brockhurst Academic Development Award. This award provides essential support to clinical or research retina fellows by enabling them to attend and present at national conferences.... Read more about Dan Gong, MD, Receives Robert Brockhurst Academic Development Award

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

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020. This year’s ceremony—designed for safe social distancing—featured residents in-person with a live broadcast via Zoom, followed by a virtual-only graduation for clinical fellows on June 18.... Read more about Congratulations to our 2020 Clinical Trainee Graduates