Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Jennie P. Weeks Professor of Ophthalmology
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Yali Jia, Ph.D. is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, Jennie P. Weeks Professor of Ophthalmology, and associate director of the Center for Ophthalmic Optics & Lasers (https://www.coollab.net) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and co-founder of International Ocular Circulation Society (https://ocularcirculation.org). Dr. Jia is a world-renowned expert in advanced ophthalmic imaging and a leading pioneer in functional optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA) (https://octangio.github.io). This is well demonstrated by her >200 peer-reviewed articles, with >15000 citations (H-index = 52), and 6 co-edited books. Her first invention, SSADA, was a revolutionary breakthrough in translating OCTA from fundamental lab research to clinical deployments. Her technique has been rapidly adopted by >1000 international research and clinical centers. As the PI on several federal, foundation, or industry-sponsored studies for clinical translation of OCTA, she owns >10 issued and licensed patents. Her recent remarkable accomplishments include OCT oximetry (PNAS, 2020), and the use of AI to detect and classify retinal pathologies (PRER, 2021). Her outstanding contributions to this field have been well recognized by receiving the prestigious Special Scholar Award and Catalyst Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), Thome Memorial Foundation Award, Carl Camras Translation Research Award from Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and several faculty awards from OHSU. Dr. Jia has also been inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a Senior Member of the National Inventor Academy (NIA).