Research Areas
Department of Ophthalmology
http://www.ophthalmology.hku.hk
How do we prevent blindness?
Major Research Areas
- Diabetic retinopathy screening.
- Improving outcome of glaucoma interventions:
- Augmentation and modification of trabeculectomy
- Minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries
- Effect of long-term glaucoma medications on subsequent glaucoma surgery
- Cataract surgery:
- Patient experience
- Outcome measurements and improvements
Contact Person(s)
Dr J.C.H. Chan
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1405
Email: jonochan@hku.hk
Biomedical Engineering:
- Tissue engineering: All-aqueous immiscible liquid-liquid system as platforms to form cellular structures for potential transplantation purposes in the eye
- Building in vitro physiologically representative models: Eye-on-a-chip microfluidic platforms
- Surgical research on vitreoretinal surgery: Procedures modification, Intraoperative tools, endotamponades and micro-surgical devices
Contact Person(s)
Dr J.Y.K. Chan
Tel: 2831 5361 / 3962 1405
Email: jchanyk@hku.hk
Neuroprotection and regeneration in models of retinal neurodegeneration:
- Trans-scleral electrical stimulation in traumatic optic neuropathy, retinal ischaemia reperfusion injury, and chronic glaucoma models in rats/rabbits.
- Immune modulatory effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Lycium barbarum in Alzheimer's disease-related vision loss.
- Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated rescue in mitochondrial dysfunction-related retinal ganglion cell degeneration in glaucoma models in rats/rabbits.
- Photobiomodulation of retinal ganglion cell survival in rabbit retinal ischaemia reperfusion injury.
- Continuous monitoring of electroretinogram using a wireless apparatus.
Contact Person(s)
Dr C.K. Chiu
Tel: 2831 5356
Email: datwai@hku.hk
Glaucoma:
- Prevention of glaucoma progression with new treatment modalities and lifestyle modification.
- Collagen crosslinking − its clinical application in glaucoma-related diseases and others.
- Enhancement of disease detection and monitoring.
- Myopia control
Contact Person(s)
Dr B.N.K. Choy
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1405
Email: bnkchoy@hku.hk
Glaucoma:
- Treatment of acute and chronic angle-closure glaucoma.
- Risk factors and neuroprotection in normal-tension glaucoma.
Contact Person(s)
Professor J.S.M. Lai
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1413
Email: laism@hku.hk
Surgical and medical retina:
- Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease.
- Paediatric retinal diseases.
- Retinopathy of prematurity.
- Medical education.
Contact Person(s)
Professor W.C. Lam
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1405
Email: waichlam@hku.hk
Ocular Surface Oncology
- Epidemiology of ocular surface tumours
- Role of micro-organisms in pathogenesis of ocular surface tumours
- Evidence based practice in management of ocular surface tumours
Ophthalmic Microbiology
- Antimicrobial susceptibility of ophthalmic pathogens
- Microbiology of the ocular surface
- Antimicrobial stewardship in ophthalmology
Contact Person(s)
Dr A. Lee
Tel: 2831 5361 / 3962 1405
Email: aleeni@hku.hk
Protecting the eye and the brain:
- Protecting the developing retina − ocular angiogenesis, retinopathy of prematurity, oxygen-induced retinopathy.
- Protecting the ageing retina − retinal ischaemia/reperfusion injury, diabetic retinopathy.
- Protecting the brain − cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion injury, stroke.
- Bioengineering − cell-based and optogenetics-controlled drug delivery.
- Development of novel molecular and cellular therapeutic approaches for ocular and cerebral diseases.
Contact Person(s)
Dr A.C.Y. Lo
Tel: 2831 5363
Email: amylo@hku.hk
Anterior segment:
- Epidemiology and novel treatment methods in dry eye disease.
- In-vitro modelling of dry eye disease.
- Pathophysiology and treatment of corneal neuropathy.
- Treatment of sight-threatening ocular surface disease.
Retinal neuroprotection:
- Transcorneal electrical stimulation as a neuroprotective strategy in retinal disease.
- In-vitro modelling of the effect of retinal electrical stimulation.
Contact Person(s)
Dr K.C. Shih
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1405
Email: kcshih@hku.hk
Clinical researches in glaucoma:
- Glaucoma assessments and treatments
- Minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries
Translational ophthalmic researches:
- Novel glaucoma treatment modalities
- Intraocular drug delivery systems
- Artificial intelligence on ophthalmic imaging
- Ocular imaging technologies
Contact Person(s)
Dr J.K.W. Wong
Tel: 2518 1430 / 3962 1405
Email: jwongkw@hku.hk
Chairman of Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee
Dr A.C.Y. Lo
Tel: 2831 5363
Email: amylo@hku.hk