Yonglin Wu

Clinical research professional and HKU Master of Public Health candidate with full-time ophthalmology research experience, GCP certification, and a biomedical research background. Experienced in IRB/REC submissions, clinical data management, R/Python-based analysis, and cross-site research coordination, seeking CRA/CTA roles in protocol-compliant clinical research.

Full-time Clinical Research Assistant / Honorary Clinical Researcher at Department of Ophthalmology, HKU; Grantham Hospital (2024-10 – Present)

Advisor: Prof. Rachel Leung, The University of Hong Kong

• Supported preparation of 5 IRB/REC applications and human-subject research governance materials as an HKU/Hospital Authority affiliate, handling sensitive patient-level data under ethics, confidentiality, and data privacy expectations.
• Coordinated clinical data cleaning and consolidation across HKU Ophthalmology and Hong Kong Island South, Tai Po, and Kwun Tong datasets, covering approximately 7,000 participants.
• Managed data cleaning, validation, and schema alignment for 500,000+ UK Biobank records with Harvard and UCL collaborators, preparing progress updates for study stakeholders.
• Conducted regression-based analyses of blood protein data to identify glaucoma-related proteins and ophthalmology risk factors, maintaining reproducible R/Python workflows.
• Presented cataract and dementia-risk findings as an APAO poster and AlphaFold3 modelling work related to glaucoma/optic-nerve injury at the SIGMA Ophthalmology Forum.

Undergraduate Researcher at Faculty of Science and School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU (2022-06 – 2024-05)

Advisor: Prof. Mu He, The University of Hong Kong

• Conducted biomedical research on motile ciliogenesis and kinase-kinesin protein complexes using wet-lab experiments, AlphaFold-assisted structural analysis, and scientific reporting; final-year thesis graded A.
• Practised secondary cell culture, immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting, sub-cloning, experimental documentation, journal-club reporting, and HKU/UofT research-team communication.

Master of Public Health in Public Health – The University of Hong Kong (2024 – 2026-09)

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry – The University of Hong Kong (2020 – 2024)