National • Professor Liu Kui (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SClinMed) was ranked among the Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers 2022 for exceptional research performance in the field of biology in March 2023. • Professor Yuen Kwok-Yung (Microbiology, SClinMed) was appointed Honorary Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity in October 2023. • Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo (Microbiology, SClinMed) received the 8th VCANBIO Award for Biosciences and Medicine (Innovation Breakthrough Award) by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and VCANBIO Cell & Gene Engineering Corporation Limited in September 2023. • Dr Tommy Lam Tsan-yuk (Public Health) was bestowed the Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award in July 2023. • Dr Kendrick Shih Co (Ophthalmology, SClinMed) was appointed as a Founding Member of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society China in September 2023. • Dr Michael To Kai-tsun (Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SClinMed) was appointed Deputy Director of Guangdong Provincial Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Rare Diseases ( 廣東省罕見病診療質量控制中心) (2023-2025) in March 2023. • Dr Yuan Shuofeng (Microbiology, SClinMed) was awarded the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) in September 2023. Local Extramural • Professor Gilberto Leung Ka-kit (Surgery, SClinMed) was appointed as a Member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2023-2025) in September 2023. • Professor Judy Yam Wai-ping (Pathology, SClinMed) was awarded the RGC Research Fellowship 2023/24. • Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo (Microbiology, SClinMed) was appointed as Member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) in September 2023 with effect from January 2024. • Dr Karen Chan Kar-loen (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SClinMed) was elected President of the Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2022-2024). • Dr Herbert Kwok Wang-chun (Medicine, SClinMed) was appointed as a Council member of Hong Kong Medical Association (2023-2024). Dr Kwok was also elected as VicePresident of Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association (2023-2024). • Dr Lam Chor-yin (Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SClinMed) was appointed Vice Chairman of Occupational Safety & Health Council in August 2023. • Dr Allie Lee (Ophthalmology, SClinMed) was named Distinguished Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, in 2023. • Dr Kendrick Shih Co (Ophthalmology, SClinMed) was elected as a Council Member of the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong in August 2023. • Dr Siddharth Sridhar (Microbiology, SClinMed) received the Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator 2022-23. • Dr Alan Wong Siu-lun (Biomedical Sciences) was awarded the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2023 in the field of ‘STIP in Life and Health’. Intramural • Professor Yuen Kwok-Yung (Microbiology, SClinMed) was conferred the Honorary University Fellowship in 2023. • The following Faculty members received Faculty Clinical Service Excellence Awards (CSEA) 2023: – Professor Ava Kwong (Surgery, SClinMed) – Professor Yiu Kai-hang (Medicine, SClinMed) – Dr Henry Fu Chun-him (Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SClinMed) 27 THE DEAN’S LETTER
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