Kevin Chan Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Radiology, & Neuroscience, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Kevin Chan is an assistant professor of Ophthalmology, Radiology, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He completed his doctoral studies in biomedical engineering at The University of Hong Kong and was awarded the Li Ka Shing Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis at the University studying imaging of the visual system. At NYU, his laboratory focuses on new, non-invasive methods for imaging neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, neuroplasticity, and neuroregeneration in both humans and experimental animal models of vision-related diseases and injuries to guide vision preservation and restoration. His team combines the use of optical coherence tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, neuromodulation, and psychophysical assessments to determine the processes underlying the interplay among eye, brain, and behavior in health and disease. His lab also investigates visual assistive technologies for the blind by identifying the structural, metabolic, and functional brain circuits involved in sensory substitution. Dr. Chan is a 2009-10 Fulbright Scholar, a Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2010-20, a 2015 Emerging Vision Scientist of the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, and a 2024 Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He received the 2014 Alcon Research Institute Young Investigator Award, 2018 Research to Prevent Blindness International Research Collaborators Award, 2019 BrightFocus Foundation Thomas R. Lee Award for Glaucoma Research, 2024 Shaffer Grants for Innovative Glaucoma Research, and 2024 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award. Participant In: Synthetic Consciousness: Seeing and Believing May 11th, 2024 at 2:30PM Past Event Watch the video » “The Aleph was probably two to three centimeters in diameter, but universal space was contained inside it . . .” – JL Borges Our eyes move. They rove and they direct attention. Indeed, vision and our ability to focus attention more generally are intimately intertwined. And this hybrid faculty of vision/attention has been extended as… read more »
Synthetic Consciousness: Seeing and Believing May 11th, 2024 at 2:30PM Past Event Watch the video » “The Aleph was probably two to three centimeters in diameter, but universal space was contained inside it . . .” – JL Borges Our eyes move. They rove and they direct attention. Indeed, vision and our ability to focus attention more generally are intimately intertwined. And this hybrid faculty of vision/attention has been extended as… read more »