November 20, 2023
A key foundation partner to Harvard Ophthalmology, the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF) continues to provide critical support to the research programs of researcher at our affiliates. MLERF will provide more than $570,000 in funding to support the following innovative research projects.
Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center
- Mohamed Elmasry, MD, PhD: "The role of a semi-automated ultrawide field directed optical coherence tomography imaging in the detection of sub-clinical neovascularization in eyes with advanced retinopathy"
- Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH: "Elucidating abnormalities in neurovascular coupling in the diabetic retina"
- Paolo Silva, MD: "Automated machine learning models for diabetic retinopathy image classification from ultrawide field retinal images"
Boston Children's Hospital
- Eric Gaier, MD, PhD: "Paired-pulse visual responses in amblyopia”
- Ye Sun, MD, PhD: “Developing novel therapy for age-related macular degeneration”
- Mary Whitman, MD, PhD: “Abnormal neuromuscular junction development in nystagmus associated with albinism”
Mass Eye and Ear
- Kinga Bujakowska, PhD: "Development of long-read sequencing approaches for genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal degenerations"
- Jason Comander, MD: "Improving our understanding of gene therapy and stem cell transplants by developing a method to monitor delivery"
- Nahyoung Grace Lee, MD: "Identifying thyroid eye disease using artificial intelligence and computed tomography"
Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear
- Thomas Dolman, MD: "Natural killer cell-mediated mechanisms of graft failure in pediatric corneal transplantation"
- Michael Young, PhD, and Menglu Yang, MD, PhD: "BMP-7 as a novel therapeutic to combat proliferative vitreoretinopathy"