Hatice Nida Sen is an ophthalmologist researching mechanisms involved in different forms of human

uveitis Uveitis () is inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer of the eye between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea. The uvea consists of the middle layer of pigmented vascular structures of the eye and ...

. She is a clinical investigator at the

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Education

Hatice Nida Sen obtained a M.D. degree from Hacettepe University Medical School and a Master of Health Sciences from

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. She completed an

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residency at

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and her

and ocular

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fellowship at the

(NEI).

Career and research

Sen is a Lasker Clinical Research Scholar and clinical investigator in the clinical and translational immunology unit at the NEI. Her research primarily focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in different forms of human uveitis. Sen designs and manages

clinical trial Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human subject research, human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel v ...

s ( Phase 1, 2 and 3) at the NEI Clinical Center. She is the principal investigator on several natural history studies and clinical trials on new treatment methods for ocular inflammatory diseases. Sen is a collaborator on several

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s. She is involved in the MUST (Multicenter Uveitis Systemic Treatment) trial and SUN (Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature) working group at NEI. In addition to her research activities, Sen is a clinician and an educator. She is the director of the Uveitis Clinic and Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship Program at NEI. She is a board certified ophthalmologist and is a participating member of

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and international research networks.

Awards and honors

Sen has received awards for her research including senior achievement award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Prevention of Blindness (POB) society of Metropolitan Washington Research Award, and NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholar Award. She is an NIH Distinguished Scholar.

References

https://www.gwdocs.com/find-a-doctor/h-nida-sen-md-mhs/

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