Prof Cheng Ching Yu

Director, Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health, National University of Singapore
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Principal Clinician Scientist & Head, Ocular Epidemiology Research Group and Data Science Unit, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School
Senior Clinician Scientist, Glaucoma Department, Singapore National Eye Centre

Professor Ching-Yu Cheng is the Assistant Dean (Research), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and the Director of the Centre for Innovation & Precision Eye Health at NUS. He concurrently heads the Data Science Unit and Ocular Epidemiology Research Group at Singapore Eye Research Institute. His research work involves a variety of epidemiological, clinical, and genetic research related to age-related ocular diseases. As Director of the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases (SEED) program, his team has built up one of the largest epidemiological databases for ocular diseases in the world. Professor Cheng has published >600 papers in leading journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmic Epidemiology. His honors include the Clinician Scientist Awards in Singapore; the APAO Achievement Award and Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award; the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Dr David L Epstein Award.