Comment on Winchester doctor to receive research award

Ula Jurkunas, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and associate scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, of Winchester, was selected to receive a 2017 ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award. Supported through a donation from Pfizer Ophthalmics, the award includes a $12,000 scholarship in support of Jurkunas’ research efforts toward developing new treatments for corneal blindness.