Massachusetts Eye and Ear Physician Receives Award from Research to Prevent Blindness
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Boston (July 9, 2008) – Massachusetts Eye and Ear physician Cynthia Grosskreutz, M.D., Ph.D., has been granted a $60,000 RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). Established in 1995, the RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awards provide unrestricted support to mid-career M.D. and Ph.D. scientists who hold primary positions within departments of ophthalmology and who are actively engaged in eye research at medical institutions in the United States. Dr. Grosskreutz is one of 97 scientists at 41 institutions who have been honored with the award.
“I feel privileged to have been selected for this award,” says Dr. Grosskreutz, “It will greatly help further my research into the causes of glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States.”
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