With dedicated commitment to optometry over four decades, Prof. George Woo, Visiting Chair Professor of Optometry and Emeritus Professor of PolyU’s School of Optometry, was earlier honoured with Distinguished Service Award by the World Council of Optometry. This award highlights his invaluable and professional contributions to ensuring high quality eye health and vision care is accessible around the globe.
Throughout the years, Prof. Woo has contributed to advancing the frontiers of vision rehabilitation, psychophysics of vision, myopia, contrast sensitivity function, visual optics, vision in the aged and photometry. His highly respected expertise has earned him presidencies and chairmanships of professional bodies in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and worldwide.