Streilein Foundation for Ocular Immunology

While each of us is witness to remarkable scientific advances in our lifetime, the most important advances undoubtedly lie in the future. The next generation of scientists will make these discoveries.

J. Wayne Streilein, M.D., the Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and the President and CEO of  Schepens Eye Research Institute until his death in March, 2004, considered the training of the next generation of scientists as his most noble and important responsibility. While Dr. Streilein’s level of scientific accomplishment is well recognized and significant, his record of training young scientists is even more exemplary. J. Wayne Streilein launched and directed research training programs in Dallas, Texas (Southwestern Medical Center), in Miami, Florida (University of Miami), and in Boston, Massachusetts (Schepens Eye Research Institute and the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology), and he spent countless hours lecturing medical and graduate students, and leading small group discussions and seminars. He personally trained more than a dozen doctoral students, and more than 85 post-doctoral fellows from all over the world. His trainees hold academic or commercial research positions in America, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Argentina. The fact that many of his trainees now hold leadership research positions emphasizes the success of his lifelong commitment to training the next generation of scientists.

Schepens Eye Research Institute is the largest independent eye research facility in the America, dedicated to conducting basic and clinical research that will lead to the prevention and/or cure of visual dysfunction and blindness.

During his decade as President, J. Wayne Streilein recruited world-acclaimed scientists to the Institute to conduct research in ocular immunology and inflammation that resulted in publication of manuscripts in first-tier journals and elevated Schepens to the top-ranking eye research institute in ocular immunology and inflammation.

The establishment of The Streilein Foundation for Ocular Immunology is in honor of  J. Wayne Streilein’s 40 years of teaching and research in Immunology. This center will highlight his 10 years at The Schepens, and will continue the research leadership he instituted. The Streilein Center will recruit mid- to senior level investigators in ocular immunology and inflammation  and provide institutional support for senior faculty with professorial or scholar appointments . The Center will aim to develop fully equipped and staffed core facilities for microgene array, cellular image analysis and bioinformatics  and support tri-yearly international conferences on ocular immunology and inflammation.
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