Category: Department Activities

CUHK study opens up a new treatment direction for autoimmune eye inflammation
Autoimmune uveitis is a kind of intraocular inflammatory disorder that can lead to permanent blindness.  Some patients fail to respond to the steroids that are the current standard treatment, while [...]
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Dr Jason CS YAM receives Secretariat Award
We are pleased that Dr Jason CS YAM, Associate Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has received Secretariat Award by [...]
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DOVS participates in Charles Kao CUHK BEAT AD Service
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in partnership with The Charles K. Kao Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease (Charles K. Kao Foundation), is launching the Charles Kao CUHK BEAT AD [...]
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DOVS’ MBChB-GPS student receives Innovation & Technology Scholarship 2023
Mr Herbert YH Hui, our Medicine (MBChB) Programme Global Physician-Leadership Stream (GPS) Year 4 student has received the “Innovation & Technology Scholarship 2023” for his work at the Department of [...]
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CUHK study reveals prevalence of myopia in children has reached record high in Hong Kong…
In order to have a thorough evaluation on the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on myopia prevalence in children and its lingering effect after the city returned to normal, The Chinese [...]
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CUHK CME Lecture on Corneal Diseases
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently hosted a CME Lecture on Corneal Diseases on 26 August 2023. The lecture was [...]
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Prof Ian MORGAN lectures on Future Directions in Myopia Research
Prof Ian MORGAN, Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, and the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre in Guangzhou, China, visited the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), The [...]
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Children’s myopia research project wins CUHK Outstanding Research Impact Award 2022/23
The children’s myopia research project initiated by the team of Professors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has been awarded [...]
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Prof ZHANG Xiulan lectures on MIGS in Angle-Closure Glaucoma
Prof ZHANG Xiulan, Professor of Ophthalmology from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, visited the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong [...]
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CUHK-JSIEC-Osaka University Research Day
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) hosted the “CUHK-JSIEC-Osaka University Research Day” on 18 July 2023 after a 5-year break. [...]
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Dr Gabriel D YANG receives Dr Barbara Kwok Young Postdoctoral Researcher Travel Grant
We are delighted that our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Gabriel D YANG, has been awarded the Dr‍ Barbara Kwok Young Postdoctoral Researcher Travel Grant from the Faculty of Medicine of The [...]
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JSIEC achieves “National Key Clinical Specialty Capacity-Building Project”
The Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (JSIEC) has again achieved national-level recognition as a “National Key Clinical Specialty Capacity-Building Project”, [...]
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