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Ching-Yu Cheng is affiliated with the National University of Singapore and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on ophthalmology and related subfields. Their research contributions span several areas including retinal imaging, retinal diseases, glaucoma, genetics, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work includes over 700 publications in Medicine, with notable emphasis on ophthalmology and vision sciences. Subfields of their research include:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

The topics frequently addressed in their research cover a range of ocular and genetic studies, with a particular focus on retinal health and disorders. These include:

  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Ching-Yu Cheng has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tien Yin Wong (160 joint publications)
  • Yih Chung Tham (155 joint publications)
  • Charumathi Sabanayagam (104 joint publications)
  • Tyler Hyungtaek Rim (60 joint publications)
  • Tin Aung (57 joint publications)

Their research is often published in high-profile venues related to ophthalmology and vision science. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ophthalmology (26 publications)
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology (23 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (15 publications)
  • Eye (12 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (12 publications)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ching-Yu Cheng include:

  • Global Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Projection of Burden through 2045, 2021, Ophthalmology
  • Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Logistic regression was as good as machine learning for predicting major chronic diseases, 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals, 2020, Nature
  • Benchmarking large language models' performances for myopia care: a comparative analysis of ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4.0, and Google Bard, 2023, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Yih Chung Tham;Xiang Li;Tien Y. Wong;Harry A. Quigley

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global prevalence of age-related macular degeneration and disease burden projection for 2020 and 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Wan Ling Wong;Xinyi Su;Xiang Li;Chui Ming G Cheung

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes.

    Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Carol Yim Lui Cheung;Carol Yim Lui Cheung;Gilbert Lim;Gavin Siew Wei Tan;Gavin Siew Wei Tan

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Global Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Projection of Burden through 2045: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Zhen Ling Teo;Yih-Chung Tham;Marco Yu;Miao Li Chee

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Prevalence of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan: the Shihpai Eye Study.

    Pei Yu Lin;Su Ying Tsai;Ching Yu Cheng;Ching Yu Cheng;Jorn Hon Liu

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Retinopathy in Individuals Without Diabetes

    Richard A. Jensen;Xueling Sim;Xiaohui Li;Mary Frances Cotch

  • Superpixel Classification Based Optic Disc and Optic Cup Segmentation for Glaucoma Screening

    Jun Cheng;Jiang Liu;Yanwu Xu;Fengshou Yin

  • Choroidal vascularity index as a measure of vascular status of the choroid: Measurements in healthy eyes from a population-based study

    Rupesh Agrawal;Rupesh Agrawal;Preeti Gupta;Preeti Gupta;Kara-Anne Tan;Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung;Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
Carol Y. Cheung
Carol Y. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
E. Shyong Tai
E. Shyong Tai National University of Singapore

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