Ophthalmologist Dr. J. William Harbour Receives Melanoma Research Foundation Grant

Ophthalmologist J. William Harbour, MD, has received a research grant from the Melanoma Research Foundation, according to a Missourian report.

Dr. Harbour works at Washington University's School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. He received the $25,000 Mike Revers Research Grant.

Dr. Harbour will use a portion of the funding to continue research on a genetic test that can accurately predict whether ocular melanoma will metastasize.

Dr. Harbour, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at Washington University in St. Louis, received his MD from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, completed a residency in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and has completed fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery and ocular oncology, according to his bio.

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