DR THOMAS NAN YUAN, PhD

Year of graduation: 2021

Supervisors: Dr Jason Cheuk Sing YAM

Don’t be afraid of being criticized or doing the wrong thing. All of your mistakes and criticisms will help you achieve your goals and move forward.”

Representative Publications

  1. Yuan N, Li J, Tang S, Li FF, Lee CO, Ng MPH, Cheung CY, Tham CC, Pang CP, Chen LJ, Yam JC. (2019). Association of secondhand smoking exposure with choroidal thinning in children aged 6 to 8 years: the Hong Kong Children Eye Study. JAMA ophthalmology137(12), 1406-1414.
  2. Li J, Yuan N, Chu WK, Cheung CY, Tang S, Li FF, Chen LJ, Kam KW, Young AL, Ip P, Tham CC, Pang CP, Yam JC. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Children is Associated with a Thinner Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct 28:S0002-9394(20)30584-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.10.016. (co-first author)
  3. Wong ES, Zhang XJ, Yuan N, Li J, Pang CP, Chen L, Tham CC, Cheung CY, Yam JC. (2020). Association of optical coherence tomography angiography metrics with detection of impaired macular microvasculature and decreased vision in amblyopic eyes: the Hong Kong Children Eye Study. JAMA ophthalmology138(8), 858-865.
  4. Cheung CY, Li J, Yuan N, Lau GYL, Chan AYF, Lam A, Tang FY, Tham CC, Pang CP, Chen LJ, Yam JC. (2019). Quantitative retinal microvasculature in children using swept-source optical coherence tomography: the Hong Kong Children Eye Study. British Journal of Ophthalmology103(5), 672-679.
  5. Wong YL, Zhu X, Tham YC, Yam JCS, Zhang K, Sabanayagam C, Lanca C, Zhang X, Han SY, He W, Susvar P, Trivedi M, Yuan N, Lambat S, Raman R, Song SJ, Wang YX, Bikbov MM, Nangia V, Chen LJ, Wong TY, Lamoureux EL, Pang CP, Cheng CY, Lu Y, Jonas JB, Saw SM; Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium (AEEC). Prevalence and predictors of myopic macular degeneration among Asian adults: pooled analysis from the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium. Br J Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep 2:bjophthalmol-2020-316648. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316648.