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2025

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Overview

Emily Y. Chew is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The primary area of their research is medicine, with a particular focus on ophthalmology and related subfields, including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, genetics, and epidemiology.

Their work centers on multiple topics within retinal and visual health, including:

  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Emily Y. Chew are:

  • "Age-related macular degeneration," 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Retinal imaging in Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases," 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Long-term Outcomes of Adding Lutein/Zeaxanthin and ω-3 Fatty Acids to the AREDS Supplements on Age-Related Macular Degeneration Progression," 2022, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • "Dietary Nutrient Intake and Progression to Late Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies 1 and 2," 2020, Ophthalmology
  • "Deep-learning-based prediction of late age-related macular degeneration progression," 2020, Nature Machine Intelligence

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Tiarnán D L Keenan
  • Elvira Agrón
  • Catherine A. Cukras
  • Amitha Domalpally
  • Traci E. Clemons

Emily Y. Chew's publications have appeared primarily in the following venues:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology Science
  • Ophthalmology Retina
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology

In addition to articles, they have contributed to book publications, notably publishing a work titled "Age-related Macular Degeneration" in 2021 under Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Complement Factor H Polymorphism in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Robert J. Klein;Caroline J. Zeiss;Emily Y. Chew;Jen-yue Tsai

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • von Hippel-Lindau disease

    Russell R Lonser;Gladys M Glenn;McClellan Walther;Emily Y Chew

  • Clinical Classification of Age-related Macular Degeneration

    Frederick L. Ferris;C.P. Wilkinson;Alan Bird;Usha Chakravarthy

  • Effects of medical therapies on retinopathy progression in type 2 diabetes.

    Emily Y. Chew;Walter T. Ambrosius;Matthew D. Davis;Ronald P. Danis

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • The role of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in health and disease of the retina.

    John Paul SanGiovanni;Emily Y. Chew

  • Lutein + zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids for age-related macular degeneration: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) randomized clinical trial

    Emily Y. Chew;Traci E. Clemons;John Paul SanGiovanni;Ronald Danis

  • Association of Elevated Serum Lipid Levels With Retinal Hard Exudate in Diabetic Retinopathy: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) Report 22

    Emily Y. Chew;Michael L. Klein;Frederick L. Ferris;Nancy A. Remaley

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Diabetic Retinopathy: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association.

    Sharon D. Solomon;Emily Chew;Elia J. Duh;Lucia Sobrin

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

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

  • Increased dietary intake of omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces pathological retinal angiogenesis.

    Kip M Connor;John Paul SanGiovanni;Chatarina Lofqvist;Chatarina Lofqvist;Christopher M Aderman

  • A simplified severity scale for age-related macular degeneration: AREDS Report No. 18.

    Ferris Fl;Davis;Clemons Te;Lee Ly

  • Associations of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplement Use With Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Meta-analysis of 10 Trials Involving 77 917 Individuals.

    Theingi Aung;Theingi Aung;Theingi Aung;Jim Halsey;Jim Halsey;Daan Kromhout;Hertzel C Gerstein;Hertzel C Gerstein

  • The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS): Design Implications AREDS Report No. 1

    A. S. Lindblad;A. Kassoff;S. Kieval;M. Mehu

  • Consensus Definition for Atrophy Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration on OCT: Classification of Atrophy Report 3.

    Srinivas R. Sadda;Robyn Guymer;Frank G. Holz;Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg

  • Complement factor H polymorphism in age-related macular degeneration

    R.J. Klein;C. Zeiss;E.Y. Chew;J.Y. Tsai

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick L. Ferris
Frederick L. Ferris National Institutes of Health
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
Chi-Chao Chan
Chi-Chao Chan National Institutes of Health
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Alan C. Bird
Alan C. Bird University College London
Cynthia A. Toth
Cynthia A. Toth Duke University
Sina Farsiu
Sina Farsiu Duke University
Dwight Stambolian
Dwight Stambolian University of Pennsylvania
Ronald Klein
Ronald Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison

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