Projects Funded by RCSV

Date	Funding Scheme	Title	PC	Co-PIs
Jun 2025	Large-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Establishment of Cochrane China, RCSV, PolyU: Advancing Evidence-Based Research on Myopia and Functional Eye Diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond	Prof. HE Mingguang (SO)	Dr WANG Yueye (SO) Dr TO Yuen Ying Elaine (SO) Prof. KEE Chae-su (SO) Dr GONG Xia (SO) Prof. Nathan CONGDON (Queen's University Belfast) Prof. HE Xiangui (National Clinical Research Centre for Eye Diseases of China)
Jun 2025	Smaller-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Explainable PhotoRefraction – integrating human factors into photorefraction through explainable AI	Prof. Grace NGAI (COMP)	Prof. DO Chi Wai (SO) Prof. FU Yujun, Eugene (The Education University of Hong Kong)
Jun 2025	Smaller-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Eye Robot for Autonomous Clinic: Prototype Development	Dr SHI Danli (SO)	Ir Prof. CHU Kar Hang (ME)
Jun 2025	Smaller-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Innovative retinal imaging with event-based technology: exploring early indicators of diabetic retinopathy	Prof. CHUN Ka Man (SO)	Prof. LI Jizhou (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Jun 2025	Smaller-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Neurooptical project: Towards a neuro-adaptive focus eyeglass	Dr Elie de LESTRANGE ANGINIEUR (SO)	Prof. TSE Yan Yin (SO) Dr Charles-Edouard LEROUX (University of Nimes) Prof. Benjamin THOMPSON (University of Waterloo) Dr Alexander GONCHAROV (National University of Ireland, Galway)
Jun 2025	Smaller-scale Project (1st Round, 2nd Cycle)	Revolutionary AR & AI Glasses: Integrating Multi-Visual Functions to Assess Cardiovascular Disease Risks	Dr TAN Shaoying (SO)	Dr TANG Yuk Ming (ISE) Prof. WANG Wei (Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center) Prof. CHEN Yequn (Cardiovascular Hospital at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College)
June 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Study of target cell types and single-cell gene expression in the retina of mice with myopia induced by negative lens	Prof. YIP Shea-ping (HTI)	Dr Thomas LAM (SO) Dr HUANG Chien-ling (HTI) Dr LUO Shumeng (HTI) Dr Jennifer BIAN (SO)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Implementing novel brillouin optical scanner system to investigate spatiotemporal corneal mechanobiology in myopic-astigmatic chicks	Dr Jeffrey LEUNG (SO)	Dr Byung Soo KANG (Centre for Eye and Vision Research)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Reversing mitochondrial dysfunction in oxidative stress-induced retinal degeneration via SIRT3 expression in retinal pigment epithelium	Dr Samuel ABOKYI (SO)	Dr Dennis TSE (SO)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Exploring the role and mechanism of a dynamic lighting system in myopic chicks	Dr Jennifer BIAN (SO)	Dr Thomas LAM (SO) Prof. ZHOU Lei (SO) Dr Tommy WEI (BEEE)