2017 NEOS poster contest winners

June 8, 2017

Congratulations to the Harvard Ophthalmology trainees who placed in the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) annual poster contest held earlier this month.

Second place: “Evaluation of in silico reconstructed ancestral adeno-associated virus for gene augmentation therapy in a mouse model of LCA,” Sarah Wassmer, PhD,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear; Mentors: Drs. Luk Vandenberge and Eric Pierce

Third place: “Evaluation of Choroidal Lesions with Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography," Cindy Ung, MD, Clinical Fellow, Mass. Eye and Ear; Mentor: Dr. John B. Miller

Honorable mention (one of three): “Choroidal Vascular Density and Volume in Diabetic Retinopathy with Swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography," Jay Wang, MD, Ophthalmology Resident, Harvard Medical School; Mentor: Dr. John B. Miller

Honorable mention (one of three): "Choroidal Vascular Density and Volume in Intermediate Age-related Macular Degeneration – the Influence of Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits," Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH, Ophthalmology Resident, Harvard Medical School; Mentor: Dr. John B. Miller

See also: Awards, Trainees