#  Three Trainees Receive VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation Research Awards 

 





January 10, 2024

 

 

 Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology trainees who received 2024 research awards from the VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation. These grant awards support early-stage investigators conducting research in macular and retinal disease.

 Sandra Alhoyek, MD**

 Research Fellow at Mass Eye and Ear

 *"Prospective clinical trial on dropless vitrectomy surgery"*

 **Marta Stevanovic, MD, MSc**

 PGY-4 Ophthalmology Resident

 *"MiGamiBot: Origami-inspired injectable microrobot for epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane peeling"*

   ![Maryam Zekavat](/sites/g/files/omnuum9886/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/eye/files/zekavat_maryam_preferred_squared_.jpg?itok=Wj09tiGe) 

 

 **Maryam Zekavat, MD, PhD**

 PGY-2 Ophthalmology Resident

 *"Integrative ‘omic analysis of the clinical traits and genes contributing towards epiretinal membranes: Phenome- and genome- wide association analysis across >1 million individuals from the UK Biobank and FinnGen”*



 

 

 



 

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