About
Associate Professor Lisa Zhuoting Zhu
Head of Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Associate Professor Lisa Zhuoting Zhu works on artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and the potential utility of retinal imaging in predicting important life events.
Associate Professor Lisa Zhuoting Zhu
Head of Ophthalmic Epidemiology
MD, PhD
Associate Professor Lisa Zhuoting Zhu is a Principal Investigator of Ophthalmic Epidemiology at the Centre for Eye Research Australia.
Her work leverages artificial intelligence and retinal imaging to detect sight-threatening conditions, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.
Further, she also exploits the potential utility of the retinal imaging – a simple, fast and non-invasive clinical procedure – to assess ageing and life-threatening conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, dementia and kidney failure.
The use of such a state-of-the-art technology in health-care system helps to increase access to life and sight-saving screening services and promote healthy ageing in the community, especially in remote regions and communities where people do not have access.
In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded the prestigious Victoria Fellowship in 2022, and she is currently the recipient of a NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL1 & EL2), MRFF EMCR Grant and Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant.
Key research questions
- How can we assess ageing process using artificial intelligence and retinal imaging in primary care settings?
- How can artificial intelligence powered screening red flags for life-threatening headache be applied in emergency department?
- How can artificial intelligence advance oculomics – a field that leverages the eye to study systemic diseases?
- How can artificial intelligence and large language model support and improve diabetes care?
Current projects
Selected publications
My team
Key collaborators
Funding and support
Current projects
- Retinal age: a novel biomarker of ageing
- AI-powered smart camera screen “red flag” for life-threatening headache at the point-of-care in emergency department
- AI-driven Oculomics to study system disease
Selected publications
Zhu Z, et. al. (2023). Retinal age gap as a predictive biomarker for mortality risk. British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Zhu Z, et. al. (2022). Retinal age gap as a predictive biomarker of future risk of Parkinson’s disease. Age and Ageing.
Zhu Z, et. al. (2022). Retinal age gap as a predictive biomarker of stroke risk. BMC Medicine.
Zhu Z, et. al. (2022). Association of Retinal Age Gap with Arterial Stiffness and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Stroke.
Zhu Z, et. al. (2023). Association of Retinal Age Gap and Risk of Kidney Failure: A UK Biobank Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
My team
- Alice Ruiye Chen
- Wenyi Hu
- Sanil Joseph
- Mayinuer Yusufu
- Jiahao Liu
- Catherine Jan
- Leo Li
- Yujie Wang
Key collaborators
Funding and support
- NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL1 & EL2)
- MRFF EMCR Grant
- Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant
- Victoria Fellowship
Contact Associate Professor Lisa Zhuoting Zhu
Email: lisa.zhu@unimelb.edu.au
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