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Imaging biomarkers for myopia, high myopia and other ocular diseases in a large-scale population-based study


Programme(s) to which this project applies:
☑ MPhil/PhD ☒ MRes[Med] ☑ URIS

This project investigates imaging biomarkers for myopia, high myopia, and associated ocular diseases using multimodal retinal imaging data from a large-scale population-based cohort of over 26,000 participants in Hong Kong. It leverages advanced AI-driven segmentation and quantitative analysis to identify predictive biomarkers for disease progression and risk stratification.

Professor X Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology

Professor Zhang Xiujuan is a clinician-scientist with expertise in research on myopia research, ocular epidemiology, and blindness prevention. She has the research focus on myopia and its intervention, particularly low-concentration atropine eye drops for myopia control. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a PhD degree in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. She has led five ocular epidemiological studies, involving a total of 10,000 subjects, for her PhD projects. She coordinated the Hong Kong Children Eye Study, a comprehensive investigation involving 40,000 children to investigate the epidemiology of myopia and paediatric ocular diseases. Her primary involvement in clinical trials of low-concentration atropine has been instrumental in advancing the treatment and prevention of myopia.

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hxjzhang@hku.hk

For more information or to express interest for this project, please email the supervisor or the specified contact point in the project description.  Interested candidates are advised to enclose with your email:

  1. your CV,
  2. a brief description of your research interest and experience, and
  3. two reference letters (not required for HKUMed UG students seeking MRes[Med]/URIS projects).

Information on the research programme, funding support and admission documentations could be referenced online at the Research Postgraduate Admissions website. General admission enquiries should be directed to rpgmed@hku.hk.

HKUMed MBBS students interested in the Master of Research in Medicine (MRes[Med]) programme may visit the programme website for more information.  

HKUMed UG students interested in the Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme (URIS) may visit the scheme’s website for more information. 

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