Ging-Yuek Hsiung, University of Waterloo

Research

Alzheimer'S Disease Amyloid Biomarker Asssessment And Diagnosis Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Technology Medical Equipment And Apparatus Neuroimaging Optical Imaging Of The Retina

Latest funding

Novel non-invasive imaging of amyloid in the retina of the eye as a predictor of amyloid in the brain in Alzheimer's disease
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$406,292
Novel Diagnostic Methods for Imaging Amyloid Beta in the eye in association with alzheimer's disease
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$245,026

All 2 grants and awards

Novel non-invasive imaging of amyloid in the retina of the eye as a predictor of amyloid in the brain in Alzheimer's disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Campbell, Melanie Crombie W; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Amyloid Biomarker; Asssessment And Diagnosis; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Technology; Medical Equipment And Apparatus; Neuroimaging; Optical Imaging Of The Retina; Photonics; Polarization Imaging

$406,292

Novel Diagnostic Methods for Imaging Amyloid Beta in the eye in association with alzheimer's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Campbell, Melanie Crombie W

Keywords: Adaptive Optics; Alzheimer'S Disease; Amyloid Beta; Biomarkers; Emission Tomography; Human And Animal Studies; Optical And Fluorescence Imaging; Retina; Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy; Uhr Optical Cherence Tomography

$245,026

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Alzheimer'S Disease Dear Professor Hsiung, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on alzheimer's disease connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]