October 12, 2023
Harvard Ophthalmology hosted its 4th Biennial International Ocular Regeneration Symposium on October 5 at Mass Eye and Ear. The event—focused on the theme of Bench to Bedside—was attended by more than 185 people and featured keynote speaker Jeff Karp, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, as well as 12 presentations, four panel discussions, and a closing reception.
Congratulations to our travel award winners, who were sponsored by the National Eye Institute.
- Dheeraj Agrohia, PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Blake Archer, University of Houston College of Medicine
- Josy Augustine, PhD, Harvard Medical School
- Soumaya Belhadj, PhD, University of Rochester
- Brionna Bennett, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
- Andrea Campbell, University of Rochester
- Annelise Ceisel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Julian Garcia-Sanchez, MD, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University
- Mitzi Swift, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Brianna Watson, Howard University College of Medicine
- Huanhuan Xiao, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thank you to Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, and Michael Young, PhD, our conference organizers, and our events team, Emilie Bushnell, Chris Roberge, Christina Stetson, and Danielle Smith, for their hard work putting together this event.