Dr. K.T. Jeang advocated for the advancement of Asian-American scientists. This year's speaker is Dr. Michael F. Chiang, director of the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. This talk will celebrate Dr. Jeang’s legacy by describing Michael Chiang's experiences in developing a career at the intersection of engineering, ophthalmology, and biomedical informatics – and will describe examples of how the speaker’s career has been shaped by his perspective as an Asian-American. The program is co-sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Research and the NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.