Incoming Moran Eye Center residents Shima Dehghani, MD, and Jenna Jensen, MD, have been awarded ARCS research scholarships for 2025-2026.
Dehghani earned her medical degree with high distinction from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She completed her ophthalmology residency at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, graduating with honors. She then completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Schepens Eye Research Institute, affiliated with Harvard University and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, focusing on ocular immunology, corneal neovascularization, and transplant immunity. Dehghani also completed a uveitis fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
As a resident at Moran, she plans to expand her research and explore systematic approaches to optimizing high-quality ophthalmic care.
Jensen earned her medical degree and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Utah.
Her clinical research has included exploring patterns of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare eye diseases affecting the retina, and the prevalence of astigmatism in children in the Navajo Nation. Jensen has also focused on work that empowers women in the ophthalmology field, including writing a book chapter with Moran female physicians about eye conditions found in older women.
As a resident at Moran, she plans to continue her work exploring the relationships between genetics and ocular disease and unrecognized or under-treated eye disease among women.
