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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Jie Jin Wang is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and focuses on research within the field of medicine. Their main subfields include ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, epidemiology, and genetics. The research topics primarily cover retinal imaging and analysis, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, connexins and lens biology, and corneal surgery and disorders.

The scientist has contributed to several notable recent papers, including:

  • A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus, 2021, Communications Biology
  • A Deep Learning Model for Segmentation of Geographic Atrophy to Study Its Long-Term Natural History, 2020, Ophthalmology
  • Six-Year Changes in Myopic Macular Degeneration in Adults of the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study, 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Association of Cataract Surgery With Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Among Asian Participants in the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Common variants in SOX-2 and congenital cataract genes contribute to age-related nuclear cataract, 2020, Communications Biology

Jie Jin Wang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Communications Biology
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • PubMed
  • Ophthalmology
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Regular collaborators include the following co-authors:

  • Tien Yin Wong
  • Kathryn P. Burdon
  • Paul Mitchell
  • Ching-Yu Cheng
  • Jamie E. Craig

The scientist's research emphasizes clinical and biological dimensions of eye diseases, integrating imaging techniques, genetic analysis, and epidemiological approaches to study conditions such as keratoconus, myopic macular degeneration, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy.

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Joanne W.Y. Yau;Sophie L. Rogers;Ryo Kawasaki;Ecosse L. Lamoureux;Ecosse L. Lamoureux

  • The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among adults in the United States.

    Kempen Jh;O'Colmain Bj;Leske Mc;Haffner Sm

  • 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

  • Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration : Pooled findings from three continents

    Wayne Smith;Jacqueline Assink;Ronald Klein;Paul Mitchell

  • Prevalence of Age-related Maculopathy in Australia: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

    Paul Mitchell;Wayne Smith;Karin Attebo;Jie Jin Wang

  • The Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pooled Data from Population Studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia

    Sophie Rogers;Rachel L. McIntosh;Ning Cheung;Lyndell Lim

  • The relationship between glaucoma and myopia: The blue mountains eye study

    Paul Mitchell;Fleur Hourihan;Jen Sandbach;Jie Jin Wang

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

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

  • Risk factors for incident age-related macular degeneration: pooled findings from 3 continents.

    Sandra C. Tomany;Jie Jin Wang;Redmer van Leeuwen;Ronald Klein

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

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

  • Role of Near Work in Myopia: Findings in a Sample of Australian School Children

    Jenny M. Ip;Seang-Mei Saw;Kathryn A. Rose;Ian G. Morgan;Ian G. Morgan

  • International Photographic Classification and Grading System for Myopic Maculopathy

    Kyoko Ohno-Matsui;Ryo Kawasaki;Jost B. Jonas;Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung

  • Hearing impairment and health-related quality of life: the Blue Mountains Hearing Study.

    Ee Munn Chia;Jie Jin Wang;Elena Rochtchina;Robert R. Cumming

  • Natural History of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review

    Rachel L. McIntosh;Sophie L. Rogers;Lyndell Lim;Ning Cheung

  • Prevalence and associations of epiretinal membranes. The Blue Mountains Eye Study, Australia.

    Paul Mitchell;Wayne Smith;Tien Chey;Jie Jin Wang

  • Prevalence and progression of myopic retinopathy in an older population.

    Jerry Vongphanit;Paul Mitchell;Jie Jin Wang

  • 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

  • Dietary Antioxidants and the Long-term Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

    Jennifer S.L. Tan;Jie Jin Wang;Victoria Flood;Elena Rochtchina

  • Prevalence and associations of dry eye syndrome in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

    Ee-Munn Chia;Paul Mitchell;Elena Rochtchina;Anne J Lee

  • Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy.

    Olubukola Ajala;Patrick English;Jonathan Pinkney;Joanne W Y Yau

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Mitchell
Paul Mitchell University of Sydney
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Elena Rochtchina
Elena Rochtchina University of Sydney
Ronald Klein
Ronald Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith University of Newcastle Australia
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
Barbara E. K. Klein
Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore

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