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Professor Carly Lam joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1986. She completed her Bachelors and Masters degrees at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (The University of Manchester), UK. She obtained her PhD from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She was appointed Head of School in 2007 and served till 2013.
Professor Lam has long-standing research interests in the areas of myopia control and prevention, children’s vision, and binocular vision and amblyopia training. She has a proven track record of securing funding from various sources, which include external competitive grants (for example, GRF, HMRF, RIF, InnoHK@Health) and over $18M of industrial grants. Professor Lam is also active in knowledge transfer activities with numerous patents granted and filed in Hong Kong, mainland China and other countries.
Professor Lam is currently the President of the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry, a Member of the College of Optometrists (UK) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometrists. Prof. Lam has served in APCO and the World Council of Optometry (WCO) in various roles for more than 10 years.
She serves as the deputy Chair of the Scientific Board of CEVR. She also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, Annals of Eye Sciences, Review Board of the Journal of Optometry and Visual Performance and has served as a member of the editorial board of Clinical and Experimental Optometry during 2007 to 2013. She is the honorary advisor of The Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists, and an Honorary Member of The Association of Private Practice Optometrists. She has served as a member of the Grant Review Board of the Research Council of the Food and Health Bureau of the HKSAR.
Professor Lam has served in the regulatory bodies of Optometry in Hong Kong; as a member of the Supplementary Medical Professions Council in Hong Kong, and a member of the Optometrists Board of Hong Kong.
She is currently the external examiner for Optometry at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia. She is also currently an Adjunct Professor at Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences at University of Waterloo, Canada and has served as Visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Nankai University Eye Hospital and Clinical College of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University, Management and Science University and Tianjin Vocational Institute.
Professor Lam received the OPO Bernard Gilmartin Award from the College of Optometrists for Research Excellence in 2015, the Grand Prix of the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, in recognition of her contributions to the development of the Defocused Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) lens for myopia control in children in 2018, and the Gold Medal and a special grand prize at the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva in 2011 for the invention of the DISC lens.
Adjunct Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo
1 Jul 2018 → 30 Jun 2024
Visiting Professor, Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University
2014 → 2016
Visiting Professor, Tianjin Eye Hospital
2013 → 2015
Visiting Professor, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University
22 Sept 2011 → 21 Sept 2013
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Anglia Ruskin University
2010 → 2019
Visiting Professor, , Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Mar 2008 → Mar 2010
Visiting Professor, College of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University
Mar 2008 → Mar 2010
Visiting Professor, Tianjin Vocational Institute
2008 → 2012
Sector/Subject specialist, Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
Jun 2006 → Jun 2012
Teaching Consultant, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre, Sun Yat-Sen University
Aug 2005 → Aug 2007
Research output: Journal article publication › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Poster › Academic research › peer-review
Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Poster › Academic research › peer-review
To, C. H. (Recipient) & Lam, C. S. Y. (Recipient), Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (research)
Cheung, C. F. (Recipient), To, C. H. (Recipient), Leung, T. M. (Recipient), Wang, B. (Recipient), Tse, Y. Y. (Recipient), Lam, C. S. Y. (Recipient), Ho, L. T. (Recipient), Wong, C. M. (Recipient) & Wong, C. H. (Recipient), 23 Jun 2023
Prize: Prize (research)
Leung, M. P. (Recipient), Lam, S. Y. (Recipient), LAM, S. T. (Recipient), PAO, W. Y. (Recipient) & Tsang, W. P. C. (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (research)
To, C. H. (Recipient), Lam, S. Y. (Recipient), Tang, W. C. (Recipient) & TSE, Y. Y. (Recipient), Apr 2011
Prize: Prize (research)
To, C. H. (Recipient), TSE, Y. Y. (Recipient), Tang, W. C. (Recipient) & Lam, S. Y. (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize (research)
Lam, C. S. Y. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Lam, C. S. Y. (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
Lam, C. S. Y. (Section editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work for journals
Lam, C. S. Y. (Member)
Activity: Office holder / membership of professional bodies › Office holder / member of council
Lam, C. S. Y. (Vice Chair / Vice President)
Activity: Office holder / membership of professional bodies › Office holder / member of council
Tse, Y. Y., To, C. H. & Lam, C. S. Y.
14/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
30/04/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media