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

About

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).

Areas of interest
  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • OCT Angiography
  • Retinal Imaging
  • Microvascular Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence

Our Team

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Tristan T. Hormel, PhD

Assistant Staff Scientist

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Jinyi Hao, MS

Research Associate

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Gabriella Zhou, MS

Research Associate

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Jie Wang, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

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Pengxiao Zang, MS

PhD Student

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Guangru(Ben) Liang, BS

PhD Student

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Naixing(Nelson) Huang, BS

PhD Student

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Yukun Guo, MS

PhD Student

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Min Gao, MS

PhD Student

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Xiaohui Hua, MS

PhD Student

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Azaz Khan, BS

PhD Student

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Siyu Song, MS

PhD Student

Alumni

Phd Student
  • Xiang Wei, PhD Optical system R&D, Apple
Postdoctoral scholar
  • Simon S. Gao, PhD Clinical Imaging Scientist, Genentech
  • Miao Zhang, PhD AI Scientist, Genentech
  • Acner Camino Benech, PhD Clinical Imaging Senior Scientist, Genentech
  • Shaohua Pi, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • Mehdi Mazloumi, PhD
  • Ramkailash Gujar, PhD
  • Sovan Mukerjee, PhD
Research Assistant/Associate
  • Qisheng You, MD. PhD Resident Physician in Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University
  • Bingjie Wang, PhD Research Scientist, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Kotaro Tsuboi, MD
Medical Fellow
  • Xiaogang Wang, MD
  • Rachel Patel, MD
  • Joesph Simonett, MD
  • Ahmed M. Hagag, MD
  • Liqin Gao, MD
Visiting Scholar
  • Eric Wei, PhD
  • Michael Ling, PhD
  • Li Liu, PhD
  • Changlei Dongye, phD
  • Rui Zhao, MS
  • Zhuo Wang, MS
  • Yansha Lu, MS
  • Jie Xue, PhD