Dr Yaxing Wang is Professor of Ophthalmology and a Glaucoma Specialist at Beijing Tongren Hospital. She received her MD degree in Capital Medical University and Heidelberg University. She obtained clinical training at Beijing Tongren Hospital and clinical research training at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. She also worked as a post-doc fellow in Devers Eye Institute in the United States. Her research interests include glaucoma, ophthalmic epidemiology, and optic disc biomechanics. She has co-authored 200+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in several international collaborative studies. She now serves as Editorial Board Member of EYE and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. She has been a Fellow of the Asia Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) since 2021.

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All timings are according to Singapore Time (UTC+8)
Thursday, 08 June 2023
Hall A, Level 4, Suntec
14:00 - 14:07hrs
(S3) MYOPIA-ASSOCIATED OPTIC NEUROPATHY OR GLAUCOMA (14:00 – 15:30hrs)
Is Myopia an IOP-Independent Risk Factor for Glaucoma: What Have We Learnt from Population-Based Studies?