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👁️✨ Exciting research by #PDSoros Fellow Maryam Zekavat of Mass Eye and Ear! Retinal imaging isn't just about eyes – it's a crystal ball for your health! 🧬🔍 Read more in Science Translational Medicine on this eye-opening study! #HealthInSight #MedicalInnovation #ScienceWinsAn

Short but incredibly rewarding trip to Seattle for #ARVO2024. Had the pleasure to share our work on #glaucoma PRS and catch up with my amazing mentees. Harvard Ophthalmology

Favourite paper ARVO yesterday. Congratulations team Harvard Maryam Zekavat DrZebardast and uk co-author Yusrah Shweikh Fulbright Scholars for a step change UK Biobank analysis on #OCT retinal thickness and systemic disease associations. Fab R visualisations! science.org/doi/abs/10.112…

Scientists Harvard Medical School & Broad Institute including Maryam Zekavat are using retinal imaging, genetics & big data to predict future eye & systemic diseases. Understanding different retinal layers could lead to targeted therapies & preventative medicine. Harvard Ophthalmology spklr.io/6018Uusy

Thanks to RETINA Roundup (blog of Retina) for profiling 2 of our NEI investigators: Emily Chew (ARVO 2024 Proctor Medal) Anand Swaroop (ARVO 2024 Friedenwald Award) Profiles here: retinaroundup.com Maryam Zekavat Timothy Xu Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD, FASRS ARVO

New out in Nature!! With age, women can lose one X chromosome in their leukocytes. What’s the cause/consequence? How does it differ from the loss of the Y chromosome in men? nature.com/articles/s4158… Broad Institute FinnGen FIMM HelsinkiUni National Cancer Institute Cambridge University

Our paper on Ozempic and its link to permanent vision loss through NAION in both individuals with and without diabetes was just published! massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsr…

So far, GLP1-Ra have been linked to a myriad of beneficial effects. Now, based on clinical anecdotes then studied among 16K as a matched cohort study, Mass Eye and Ear investigators report a 7.6-fold risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy with semaglutide Rx v not

Blood pressure affects your risk of glaucoma -> Here we present our paper on Independent Effects of Blood Pressure on Intraocular Pressure and Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration: A Mendelian Randomization Study, iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?a… DrZebardast

We keep ignoring CHIP (clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential= mutations in our blood stem cells) even though it is no longer "indeterminate." A key marker for risk of cardiovascular events and blood cancers. It should be routinely assayed in older adults.

Proud of Saman Doroodgar Jorshery MD, MPH for presenting RSNA this morning on links between carotid artery ultrasound, brain MRI, and incident stroke in the UK Biobank

Hello Chicago! #RSNA2024

Honored for the RPB recognition AUPO! Thanks to all my mentors, especially Deeba Husain Pradeep Natarajan Ines Lains Elizabeth Rossin DrZebardast for their guidance, & Harvard Ophthalmology leadership for their support! More to come on HDL genes & AMD! Broad Institute Mass Eye and Ear

Thanks Pradeep Natarajan!!

Congratulations Dr. Rossin!

Last night I was honored to receive the 2025 #BreakthroughPrize in the Life Sciences, reflecting the efforts of many students, collaborators, doctors, and patients in labs around the world. I hope this 4-minute excerpt can inspire when science needs public support more than ever.

Congratulations to faculty member Dr. Connie Cepko who will receive the ARVO Friedenwald Award next month! #ARVO2025

Excited to present ARVO on 'omics of epiretinal membranes, work that went from clinical & genetic links to a treatment undergoing clinical trial. Thanks to Elizabeth Rossin Pradeep Natarajan Leo Kim UK Biobank FinnGen, Mass General Brigham Innovation, MVP, Broad Institute Mass Eye and Ear et al.

Chair Dr. Joan W. Miller spoke with NBC10 Boston this week about her pioneering work developing treatments for AMD and her efforts to mentor the next generation of female leaders in ophthalmology. nbcboston.com/multimedia/cha…