The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has actively engaged in the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO Annual Meeting 2023), 23 -27 April 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It was an 18-strong delegation from the Department: 5 Professors, 5 research staff, 7 postgraduate students, and 1 undergraduate student, presenting their research findings, taking research meetings and engaging in scientific interactions.

Apart from joining the lectures and presentation sessions, Prof Calvin CP PANG, along with Dr Carol YL CHEUNG, Dr Jason CS YAM, Dr CHU Wai Kit, and Dr ZHANG Xiujuan, hosted a CUHK Reception Dinner on 26 April 2023 to enhance connections with international friends and collaborators. There were more than 30 international guests, who are prominent ophthalmologists, vision scientists, institution leaders and health services providers from more than 20 institutions across over 15 countries. Prominent guests included Dr Gyan ′John′ PRAKASH (National Eye Institute (NEI), USA ), Dr Wei LI (NEI), Prof Terri L YOUNG (The University of Wisconsin, USA), Prof Janey L WIGGS (Harvard Medical School, USA), Prof Chris HAMMOND (King′s College London, UK), Prof Pirro HYSI (King′s College London, UK), Prof David MACKEY (University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia), Prof CHENG Ching Yu (Singapore), Prof G KUMAR (Chennai), Prof P NATARAJAN (Mumbai), Prof Takeshi IWATA (Tokyo), Prof Motokazu TSUJIKAWA (Osaka), Prof Chen ZHAO (Shanghai), Dr Yun LIU (Google LLC, USA), Dr Stela VUJOSEVIC (University Eye Clinic, San Giuseppe Hospital Milan, Italy) and Dr Siegfried WAGNER (University College London (UCL), UK). We are so glad that our alumni, Prof Vishal JHANJI (currently at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), USA), Dr Gary YAM (currently at Pitt, USA), Dr RONG Shisong (currently at the Harvard Medical School, USA) and Dr ZHANG Liyun (currently at the Johns Hopkins University, USA) also joined the very happy occasion.

ARVO is one of the biggest and most established vision research organisations worldwide. ARVO′s membership is multidisciplinary, with approximately 12,000 researchers from over 75 countries. The Annual Meeting is an important occasion for clinicians and researchers to meet and share their latest research findings.

Members from Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, CUHK	Major tasks in ARVO Annual Meeting 2023
Prof Calvin CP PANG S. H. Ho Research Professor of Visual Sciences	2021 ARVO Foundation Honoree Research meetings with Prof K DHARMALINGAM (Aravind Research Foundation), Prof David MACKEY (UWA), Dr Anthony KHAWAJA and team (Moorfields Eye Hospital, U.K.), Dr Alvin LIU ( Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.), Prof Chen ZHAO (Shanghai), and Prof Chun ZHANG (Beijing) Chaired the Global Eye Genetics Consortium (GEGC) meeting Participated in International Glaucoma Genetics Consortium (IGGC) and Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) meeting Participated in CREAM-KIDS meeting Attended Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), AIER and National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore dinners Organised and hosted the DOVS reception dinner Poster: ″Identification of new candidate genes for thyroid eye disease using trio-based exome sequencing″
Dr Carol YL CHEUNG Associate Professor	Annual Meeting Program Committee: Chair of Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group (MOI) Cross-sectional Group (2020-2023) Moderated a SIG and a poster session Attended the NEI Meeting of Global Partners in Vision Research Attended SERI, AIER and NUH Singapore dinners Organised and hosted the DOVS reception dinner Poster: Predicting response of anti-VEGF therapy in eyes with diabetic macular edema using deep-leaning based OCT image analysis: a multi-center study
Dr Jason CS YAM Associate Professor	Participated in CREAM-KIDS meeting Participated in IGGC and CREAM meeting Attended SERI, AIER and NUH Singapore dinners Hosted the DOVS reception dinner Oral Presentation: Influence of Parental Myopia on Childhood Myopia Progression: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study
Dr CHU Wai Kit Research Assistant Professor	Member of the ARVO Global Member Committee (2022-2025) Mentor of the ARVO Developing Country Eye Research Fellowship (DCERF) Program Judge of the ARVO Members-in-Training (MIT) Outstanding Poster Competition Reviewer of the ARVO Resume Review Session Attended SERI, AIER and NUH Singapore dinners Hosted the CUHK DOVS reception dinner Oral Presentation: Activation of mineralocorticoid receptor attenuates experimental autoimmune uveitis
Dr ZHANG Xiujuan Research Assistant Professor	Hosted the DOVS reception dinner Poster: Myopia prevalence and lifestyle changes in schoolchildren before, during, and after COVID-19 Restrictions: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study
Dr Emma A RAN Scientific Officer	Moderated a paper session ″Image based machine learning for classification″ Poster: Cost-effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence-aided Glaucoma Screening in Hong Kong: A Markov Model Participated in the Imaging in the Eye Conference: Poster: Deep Learning for Predicting Visual Field Loss from Optical Coherence Tomography Images
Dr TANG Fangyao Scientific Officer	Poster: Effect of Breastfeeding on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Children: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study
Dr DU Lin Postdoctoral Fellow	Poster: Blocking GHRH signaling by inhibiting the downstream protein JAK2 reduces Th17 cell differentiation, mitochondrial functions, and autoimmune ocular inflammation
Dr HE Jingna Postdoctoral Fellow	Poster: Pharmacologic reprogramming human adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) into retinal ganglion cells
Dr ZHANG Yuzhou Postdoctoral Fellow	Oral Presentation: Increased myopia prevalence from kindergarten to primary school: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study
Ms Sylvia AGYEKUM Research Student	Poster: Cost-effectiveness analysis of atropine for treating myopia progression in children
Ms Hemlata BISNAUTHSING Research Student	Poster: An abundance of follicular helper T cells in peripheral blood associated with thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin level in the thyroid eye disease
Ms Bonnie BM HO Research Student	Oral presentation: Treating experimental autoimmune uveitis by regulating Th1 and Th17 sub-populations with green tea extract
Mr LING Xiangtian Research Student	Poster: Composition and comparison of core conjunctival sac microbiome in Hong Kong Children by age, sex, and ethnicities
Ms TANG Ziqi Research Student	Oral presentation: Using 3D Deep Learning for Classification of Multiple Retinal Diseases on Optical Coherence Tomography Images Poster in Imaging in the Eye Conference: Using Deep Learning for Assessing Image-Quality of 3D Macular Scans from Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Mr Ebenezer ZAABAAR Research Student	Poster: Light Exposure Therapy for Myopia Control: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Mr ZHOU Linbin Research Student	Oral Presentation: Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) antagonist MIA-602 suppresses retinoblastoma via downregulating MEK-/ERK1/2 signaling
Mr Vincent LC YUEN CUHK GPS Medical Student	Poster: Effects of Physical Activity and Screentime on Retinal Vessel Caliber: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study

(Professors, research staff and students of the same rank are listed in alphabetical order of their surnames)