Dr. Kin-Sang (Anson) Cho

Dr. Kin - Sang (Anson) Cho is currently an Investigator at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He has dedicated his career to researching the mechanisms of degeneration and regeneration in the mammalian retina, with a long - term goal of developing novel therapeutic strategies for retinal degenerative diseases like glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa.

Dr. Cho received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Hong Kong in 1997. Post - graduation, he continued his studies at HKU as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroregeneration under the mentorship of Prof. Kwok - Fai So and Dr. Henry Yip. In 2000, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Dong Feng Chen at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, starting as a postdoctoral trainee and advancing to a Senior Scientific Associate. In 2010, he assumed his current dual roles as an Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an Investigator at the Schepens Eye Research Institute.

He is an active member of the Society for Neuroscience and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Dr. Cho has also held editorial positions for Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Journal of Neurochemistry, and Molecular Vision.

At the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, his research work is divided into three key areas: 1) uncovering the neuroprotection mechanism of electrical stimulation on retinal neurons; 2) exploring the disease - progression mechanisms of glaucoma and the therapeutic potential of stem cells in an animal model of retinal degeneration; 3) elucidating the key mechanism that promotes robust optic nerve regeneration.

Dr. Cho has received several honors throughout his career. In 2005, he was awarded the Annual Best Paper Award by the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear. In 1998, he received a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Hong Kong. In 1997, he was the recipient of The Hong Kong Brain Foundation Scholarship, and in 1995, he was awarded the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship by the International Brain Research Organization. His academic experience is firmly rooted in the research of Neuroprotection of Photoreceptor Degeneration and Optic Nerve Regeneration.