Body Locations and Systems
Eyes and Vision
Sonia Yeung
Assistant Professor
Degrees / Designations
MD PhD FRCSC
Email Address
Phone
604-879-0203
Fax
604-879-9976
Mailing Address
616-2525 Willow Street
Vancouver
Biography
Academic Appointment
Assistant Professor
Other Areas of Research
Ocular surface stem cell research
After completing a PhD in Applied Genetics at University of British Columbia, MD at University of British Columbia, Ophthalmology residency at University of British Columbia, and 18 month fellowship in Cornea, External Disease, and Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation at the University of Toronto, I have begun a career as a clinician scientist in the Dept of Ophthalmology at the Vancouver Hospital Eye Care Centre Research group.
Current Projects
My area of focus includes:
1. Ocular surface stem cell transplantation for limbal stem cell disease
2. Alternate sources for ocular surface stem cell transplantation
3. Limbal stem cell imaging and niche studies
4. Long-term gene expression in ocular stem cells for therapeutics