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Dr Chen received her PhD degree in Ophthalmology from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, the Sun Yat-sen University in 2017. Her doctoral research focused on predicting myopia and high myopia development in children. Since 2017, she has been providing clinical services as an ophthalmologist in China. Throughout these years, she has been deeply involved in investigating issues related to myopia in children. She has gained extensive experience in conducting cohort studies and clinical trials. Dr Chen has also actively participated in teaching Ophthalmology to Master's and undergraduate students. In 2023, she joined the School of Optometry of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Research Assistant Professor.
Research Overview
Dr Chen’s main research interests include risk prediction for myopia, ocular development, and myopia control. Her work has yielded several of peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals, including Ophthalmology and JAMA Ophthalmology.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University
- Doctor of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University
Professional Qualifications
- Licensed Ophthalmologist (mainland China)
Research Interests
Research Output
- Chen Y, Tan C, Foo L-L, et al. Development and validation of a model to predict who will develop myopia in the following year as a criterion to define premyopia. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol, 2023;. 12:38-43. 1097/APO.0000000000000591,
- Chen Y, Xiong R, Chen X, et al. Efficacy comparison of repeated low-level red light and low-dose atropine for myopia control: A randomized controlled trial. Trans Vis Sci Technol. 2023; 11, Art. 33.
- Chen Y, Wang W, Wang J, et al. Normal range of ocular biometry in healthy children: A systemic review and meta-analysis of 33,559 individuals under seven years of age. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2022; 42:1264-1275.. .
- Chen Y, Han X, Gordon I, et al.. A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for myopic macular degeneration. J Glob Health. 2022; 12:04026.
- Zhu Z, Chen Y, Tan Z, Xiong R, McGuinness MB, Müller A. Interventions recommended for myopia prevention and control among children and adolescents in China: a systematic review. Br J Ophthalmol. 2023; 107(2):160-166.
- Hu Y, Ding X, Guo X, Chen Y, Zhang J, He M. Association of age at myopia onset with risk of high myopia in adulthood in a 12-year follow-up of a Chinese cohort. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020;138:1129-1134.
- Chen Y, Han X, Guo X, et al. Contribution of genome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphisms in myopia prediction: Findings from a 10-year cohort of Chinese twin children. Ophthalmology 2019;126:1607-1614.
- Guo X, Xiao O, Chen Y, Wu H, Chen L, Morgan IG, He M. Three-dimensional eye shape, myopic maculopathy, and visual acuity: The Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center-Brien Holden Vision Institute High Myopia Cohort Study. Ophthalmology. 2017 124:679-687.
- Chen Y, Xiao O, Guo X, et al. Methodology of the ZOC-BHVI High Myopia Cohort Study: the onset and progression of myopic pathologies and associated risk factors in highly myopic Chinese, Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 2018.2,25;31-38e0167642.
- Chen Y, Zhang J, Morgan IG, He M. Identifying children at risk of high myopia using population centile curves of refraction. PLoS One 2016;11:e0167642.
