Researcher

Mr Jeremy Chung Bo Chiang

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Optometry and Ophthalmology

SEO tags

Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders

Allied Health Therapies (excl. Mental Health Services)

Health Education and Promotion

Biography

Dr Jeremy Chiang is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Optometry, College of Health and Life Sciences in Aston University working closely with Professor James Wolffsohn. His expertise lies in ocular surface imaging, particularly of the corneal nerves, in the diagnosis and management of ocular surface conditions including dry eye disease. His research vision aims to see how different parts of our eyes could reflect ocular and...view more

Dr Jeremy Chiang is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Optometry, College of Health and Life Sciences in Aston University working closely with Professor James Wolffsohn. His expertise lies in ocular surface imaging, particularly of the corneal nerves, in the diagnosis and management of ocular surface conditions including dry eye disease. His research vision aims to see how different parts of our eyes could reflect ocular and systemic health. His PhD focussed on corneal nerve changes in systemic neurotoxic chemotherapy used for cancer treatment at UNSW and the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He is also a University Medallist alumnus from the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW who continues to practice as a clinical optometrist in the community.

My Grants

Tow Awards Travel Grant and Early Career Division winner, Prince of Wales Hospital, 2022
Tow Awards PhD Top Up Scholarship, Prince of Wales Hospital, 2022
HDR completion Scholarship, UNSW, 2022
Development and Research Training Grant, UNSW, 2022
Student Travel Grant, International Society for Contact Lens Research, 2022
Faculty of Medicine and Health Support Scholarship, UNSW, 2022
Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, UNSW, 2021
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) International Travel Grant, 2020 ARVO Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2020
Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, 2019
Faculty of Science Summer Vacation Research Scholarship, 2014
Maki Shiobara Scholarship, 2014

My Qualifications

PhD, 2023

BOptom (Hons), BSc, 2016

My Awards

U21 Global Citizenship, Common Purpose & Universitas 21, 2020.
NSW Branch Scholarship for Australian Public Health Conference 2020, Public Health Association of Australia, 2020.
Best presentation in the Annual Progress Review Conference for Higher Degree Research Students, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW, 2020
Best presentation in Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Science 1 Minute Thesis Competition and Postgraduate Showcase, UNSW, 2020
The Bachelor of Optometry/Bachelor of Science Program Prize, 2017
University Medal in Optometry and Vision Science, 2017
The CooperVision Australia Prize for Optometry, 2016
The Essilor Australia Pty Limited Prize for Ocular Therapeutics, 2015
The Essilor Australia Pty Limited Prize for Optics, 2015
Specsavers Prize for best performance in 2nd year Optometry courses, 2014
Dean's List for Academic Excellence Award 2012 & 2013
Ian Sommervaille Award, 2012

My Research Activities

My research focuses on ocular surface imaging, particularly corneal nerves in dry eye disease. This stems from my experience with corneal nerve imaging in systemic neurological conditions including peripheral neuropathies caused by neurotoxic cancer treatments and diabetes. My PhD research was in the topic of in-vivo corneal confocal microscopy and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy supervised by Dr Maria Markoulli, Professor Arun V Krishnan and Professor David Goldstein. The program is undertaken at the School of Optometry and Vision Science in collaboration with the IN FOCUS Study cancer research group based at the Prince of Wales Hospital (https://www.infocusstudy.org.au/).

My Engagement

Professional Affiliations

Young Investigator, International Society of Eye Research (ISER), 2021-current
Member-In-Training, ARVO, 2019-current
Student Member, American Academy of Optometry, 2019-current
Member, Optometry Australia, 2016-current
Member, Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, 2015-current

My Teaching

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW, 2023-current
Associate Lecturer, OPTM3201 Ocular Imaging and Applied Vision Science, UNSW, 2023
Master of Clinical Optometry program admission interviewer, UNSW, 2022
Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) examiner, UNSW, 2022
Clinical supervisor, Primary Care Optometry Clinic, UNSW, 2020-2022
Mentor for Higher Degree Research and medical students, UNSW, 2020-current
Optometry clinical and preclinical tutor (OPTM 6422 Clinical Optometry - Contact Lens Strand, OPTM3133 Vision Science in the Consulting Room, VISN1111 Geometrical and Physical Optics), UNSW, 2015-2020

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