Centre for Eye and Vision Research Limited

Organisation background:

Centre for Eye and Vision Research Limited (CEVR) is a research collaboration between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the University of Waterloo (UW) in Canada. It will be located at the Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong. It will be the first global hub performing ground-breaking research in five key areas – myopia and eye growth, ocular drug discovery and delivery, vision enhancement, tear film and ocular surface and advanced optometric technology. The mission of CEVR is to generate technologies to prevent vision loss in the aging population and preserve healthy vision.

Research study background:

This project will explore novel techniques for enhancing neuroplasticity within the human visual cortex with the aim of recovering vision in patients with vision loss caused by abnormal neurodevelopment or disease. Neuroplasticity enhancing techniques will include non-invasive brain stimulation, perceptual learning and pharmacological interventions. Outcome measures will include psychophysical, MRI and EEG measures.

Required skills and job duty:

The appointees will assist the project leaders in the research project : “Enhancing vision in older adults using perceptual learning” The tasks include project development, study design/protocol, ethics application, experimental setup, data collection, data analysis and preparation of manuscripts. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in one or more of the following areas: Psychophysics, programming, MRI, EEG, studies with older adults, perceptual learning. 

Qualification

Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow posts should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification in Vision Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Applied Physics, Optics, Rehabilitation or other related disciplines.

Applicants for the Research Associate posts should have a master’s degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines. 

Applicants for the Research Assistant posts should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines.

The appointees shall be working in Hong Kong. Overseas graduate is welcome to apply, the qualification awarding institution should be the top 100 institutions for STEM-related subjects in QS/Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni/Times Higher Education world university rankings.

Enquiry

Applicants may contact Prof. George Woo (george.woo@polyu.edu.hk) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University or Prof. Ben Thompson (ben.thompson@uwaterloo.ca) of the University of Waterloo for enquiry.

Remuneration

A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered. Applicants are invited to send the CV and expected salary to the email career@cevr.hk.