DR. ZHANG XIUJUAN
Research Assistant Professor
PhD(CUHK), MMed(TMU), BMed(TMU)





Contact :
(852) 3943 5895

zhangxiujuan@cuhk.edu.hk









Academic AppointmentsResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong







BiographyDr. ZHANG’s research interests include ocular imaging and community health in pediatric ocular diseases such as myopia, amblyopia and strabismus. ?She has led several epidemiological studies on ocular diseases and blindness prevention. She has good experience in studying the risk factors, prevalence, and burden of ocular disorders, visual impairments and in long term studies on the effectiveness of interventions on child ocular health and blindness prevention.
She has more than 20 publications. She is an Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. She also serves as reviewer for international journals, including Ophthalmology. ?She has received research grants from Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Hong Kong as Principal Investigator on the project “Novel imaging biomarkers for children amblyopia”, and one CUHK Direct Grant as Co-Investigator on high myopia.
Dr. ZHANG is also committed in community service of children eye care programmes. She helps administer the Hong Kong Children Eye Study, which is a longitudinal epidemiological study of 5,000 children, CUHK Jockey Club Children’s Eye Care programme, which is a major community service programme, as well as an epidemiological study of over 30,000 children and their families.

Research AreasAmblyopia: ocular imaging, etiology and risk factors epidemiology, prevention and ocular imaging
Myopia: epidemiology, risk factors, intervention
Children Eye Studies: territory-based epidemiology and prevention, intervention, and molecular genetics of children eye diseases.
Blindness prevention: epidemiology and prevention

Representative Publications:Emily S Wong, Xiu-Juan Zhang, Nan Yuan, Jian Li, Chi Pui Pang Pang, Lijia Chen, Clement C. Tham, Carol Y. Cheung, 1 Jason C. Yam. New OCT angiography metrics detects impaired macular microvasculature and correlates with decreased vision in amblyopic eyes: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2020;138(8):858-865. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.2220 (co-first author)
Xiujuan Zhang, Emmy Y. Li, Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, David C. Musch, Xin Tang, Chongren Zheng, Mingguang He, David F. Chang, Dennis Shun-Chiu Lam. Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB): a Population-based Assessment. American Journal of Ophthalmolog 2020 May;213:235-243. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.12.009
Lam Alexander, To E, Weinreb RN, Yu M, Mak H, Lai G, Chiu V, Wu K, Xiujuan Zhang, Cheng TPH, Guo PY, Leung CKS. Use of Virtual Reality Simulation to Identify Vision-Related Disability in Patients With Glaucoma. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2020;138 (5):490-498. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0392
Jason C.S. Yam, Fen-Fen Li, Xiujuan Zhang, Shu Min Tang, Benjamin H Yip, Simon T. Ko, Alvin L. Young, Clement C. Tham, Li Jia Chen, Chi Pui Pang. Two-Year Clinical Trial on Low-concentration Atropine for Myopia Progression (LAMP) Study: 0.05% atropine remained the optimal concentration for myopia control. Ophthalmology 2020 Jul;127(7):910-919. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.12.011.
Xiu Juan Zhang, Emmy Y. Li, Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, David C. Musch, Xin Tang, Chongren Zheng, Mingguang He, David F. Chang, Dennis Shun-Chiu Lam. Willingness to Pay for Cataract Surgery in Baiyin District, Northwestern China, Ophthalmic epidemiology 20 21 Aug. https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1812089
Yee-Ling Wong,Xiangjia Zhu, Yih-Chung Tham, Jason C. Yam, Keke Zhang, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Carla Lanca, Xiujuan Zhang, So Young Han, Wenwen He, Pradeep Susvar, Mihir Trivedi, Nan Yuan, Sarang Lambat, Rajiv Raman, Su Jeong Song, Ya Xing Wang, Mukharram M. Bikbov,? Vinay Nangia,? Li Jia Chen, Tien-Yin Wong, Ecosse Lamoureux, Chi Pui Pang, Ching-Yu Cheng,? Yi Lu, Jost B. Jonas, Seang-Mei Saw. onfidential: Prevalence and Predictors of Myopic Macular Degeneration among Asian Adults: Pooled Analysis from the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium (AEEC). British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020 Sep. DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316648
Xiujuan Zhang, Emmy Y. Li, Christopher Kai-Shun Leung, David C. Musch, Xin Tang, Chongren Zheng, Mingguang He, David F. Chang, Dennis Shun-Chiu Lam. Prevalence of visual impairment and outcomes of cataract surgery in Chaonan, South China. Plos one 2017. Aug 10;12(8):e0180769. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.018076
Zhang Xiu Juan, Jhanji V, Leung CK, Li EY, Musch DC, Liu YP, Zheng CR, Chang DF, Liang YB, Lam DS. Reasons for poor cataract surgery uptake among patients with operable cataract in a program of outreach screening and low-cost surgery in rural China. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2014 Jun;21(3):153-60.
Zhang Xiu Juan, Liang YB, Liu YP, Jhanji V, Musch DC, Peng Y, Zheng CR, Zhang HX, Chen P, Tang X, Lam DS. Implementation of a free cataract surgery program in rural China: a community-based randomized interventional study. Ophthalmology 2013;120(2):260-5.
Emmy Y. Li, Yingpeng Liu, Xingkai Zhan, Yuan Bo Liang, Xiujuan Zhang, Chongren Zheng, Vishal Jhanji, Ping Xu, David F. Chang, Dennis S.C. Lam. Prevalence of Blindness and Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Hainan Province in South China. Ophthalmology 2013;120:2176-2183
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