2020

Dr. Yao receives the CBC Award!

September 3, 2020 - Dr. Yao is awarded the CBC Catalyst Award!

The CBC Catalyst Award, which is given to scientists in the Chicago area who are pursuing cutting-edge and high-risk/high-reward research, will give Dr. Xincheng Yao and Tiffany M. Schmidt of Northwestern University $248,770…

Dr. Minhaj Alam gave his PhD thesis defense remotely.

May 19, 2020 - Congratulations Dr. Minhaj Alam

Congratulations to Dr. Minhaj Alam on his successful defense, titled “Quantitative Analysis and Automated Classification of Retinal Images”. He has done exceptional research during his time here at UIC, and will continue his…

Differential artery and vein analysis is promising for early disease detection!

January 6, 2020 - Yao Lab receives OCTA R01!

Yao lab receives NIH R01 grant for Differential artery-vein analysis in OCT angiography for objective classification of diabetic retinopathy! Congratulations!