You can access the full version of our recent study establishing the relationship between chronic stress and age-related macular generation for the next 45 days. Please check it out! American Journal of Ophthalmology USC Roski Eye Institute authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdV5gnZOWll

My colleagues and I are very grateful to have received the USC NEMO Prize! The award will support our #AI and Teleophthalmology in Los Angeles (ATLAS) Initiative and ongoing collaboration with @LADHS to enable earlier #glaucoma detection. USC Roski Eye Institute today.usc.edu/research-teams…

Another great American #Glaucoma Society meeting, this time in DC! It was wonderful to see so many friends and mentors. Also, I am proud of my my mentees, Kim Yu and Tracy Lang, for their excellent podium presentations. See you 2026 in Palm Springs! #DataScience USC Roski Eye Institute American Glaucoma Society

I also had the pleasure of collaborating with Dr. Cindy Cai Johns Hopkins University to study the association between GLP1-RA (e.g. Ozempic) and NAION, a serious eye condition. In a cohort of 37 million patients, GLP1-RA use increased risk of NAION by 1.3 times! tinyurl.com/xulab11

In this VuMedi recording of my American Glaucoma Society lecture, I discuss the challenges of #angleclosure #glaucoma detection and how OCT imaging, #AI, and #DataScience may help us address this serious public health issue in the future. USC Roski Eye Institute vumedi.com/video/ags-2025…

It’s really incredible how quickly AI has evolved this past year. This type of visual generative output is transformative.

A memorable, fun week in India for APAO 2025! An amazing trip to see the Taj Mahal followed by an educational visit to AIIMS, New Delhi 🇮🇳. It was also exciting to share our work on #glaucoma and #AI with international colleagues. See everyone in Hong Kong in 2026! USC Roski Eye Institute

Congratulations to Dr. Kristy Yoo for graduating medical school! I'm excited that she will be joining us USC Roski Eye Institute for residency. Next up is my MS4 mentee, Tracy Lang, who has been doing amazing research on pharmacologic dilation and acute #angleclosure. More details soon!

Congratulations to stellar USC Roski Eye Institute PGY3, Kendra Hong, in our most recent collaboration with the ZAP Trial team! We showed that short-term changes in the lens and angle in AS-OCT images can help predict long-term #angleclosure progression. #glaucoma tinyurl.com/xulab13

Highly productive and fun time in Honolulu for World #Glaucoma Congress 2025! We updated the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) Consensus on #angleclosure and introduced the AAB global research mentorship program. I saw close friends and a beautiful double rainbow! Looking forward to WGC Kyoto 2027!

I am excited to share the first of two #AI papers by USC MS4, Ryan Shean! We found that OpenAI o1 outperforms human trainees and other LLMs in ophthalmology board-style questions. This has important implications for AI use in education. Ophthalmology tinyurl.com/xulab14

Ryan's second #AI paper compares the performance of OpenAI o1 to other LLMs, including a lite version of DeepSeek. Impressively, Deepseek lite outperformed o1 in first-order (recall) questions. This bodes well for accessible AI use in ophthalmology! tinyurl.com/xulab15

Better late than never? A few highlights from ASCRS in LA and ARVO in Salt Lake City. It was wonderful to share our work on #AI and #DataScience, including stellar talks by my USC Roski Eye Institute PGY3 mentees, Kendra Hong and Kimberley Yu. See you next again next year! ARVO ASCRS

For those interested in #AI use in eye care, I recently lectured on this topic at the HD-Engineering International #Glaucoma Symposium. I presented our current AI collaboration with LA County DHS and implementation barriers we have encountered. USC Roski Eye Institute youtube.com/watch?v=PKotZd…