About
Dr Zhichao Wu
Senior Research Fellow, Macular Research
Dr Zhichao Wu is an optometrist and clinical researcher striving to improve outcomes for people with eye disease such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Dr Zhichao Wu
Senior Research Fellow, Macular Research
BAppSc(Optom), PhD
Dr Zhichao Wu is a Senior Research Fellow at CERA, working in the field of innovative diagnostics and outcome measures for eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.
He completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne (based at CERA) in 2014 and was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis.
He was subsequently awarded the prestigious NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Overseas Clinical Research Fellowship and undertook research fellowships at the University of California, San Diego and Columbia University.
In 2018, Dr Wu returned to CERA to establish research programs to alleviate the impact of eye diseases.
Having seen the impact of vision loss on those with eye diseases, Dr Wu is devoted to addressing the key challenges to alleviate this impact.
His research is focused on the development of novel imaging and functional techniques to better predict or detect signs of irreversible vision loss, and to better capture the effectiveness of new treatments.
Key research questions
- How do we identify those at high-risk of developing irreversible vision loss?
- How can we improve early detection of eye disease before vision is lost?
- How do we expedite the discovery of new treatments for eye diseases?
- How cost-effective are different intervention strategies for eye diseases?
Current projects
Selected publications
My team
Funding and support
Current projects
Research areas:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Early eye diseases
- Retinal imaging
- Visual function testing
- Artificial intelligence
- Clinical trials outcomes and design
- Health economics and cost-effectiveness
- Clinical practice evidence-based guidance
- Biostatistics
Graduate research projects currently available:
- Enabling Treatment Trials of Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects
- Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging
Please contact to discuss other potential projects of interest related to research areas above.
Selected publications
My team
- Ms Kai Lyn Goh – Student
- Dr Himeesh Kumar – Student
- Ms Emilie Rohan – Student
- Dr Marc Sarossy – Student
Funding and support
Thank you to the following organisations for their support:
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Macular Disease Foundation Australia
- BrightFocus Foundation
- IMPACT Philanthropy
- The Menzies Foundation
- Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- The Murray Redvers and Rodney Alastair Brownless Perpetual Charitable Trust
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