PEOPLE FIRST: Better Care for Patients While our first task is to provide trained professionals to meet Hong Kong’s evolving healthcare needs, equally, we want our research to benefit the greatest number of people and contribute to the region’s development as a global innovation hub. We have world-class expertise in our Faculty so our focus moving forward will be to translate their findings into new applications, and broaden our range of strengths and advantages. The Academic Review Panel was highly impressed by the quality of our research output in stem cell, immunology, infectious diseases and cancer. But it also rightly encouraged us to bolster our expertise in emerging areas that have potential for success, such as biomedical engineering, neuroscience, personalised medicine, big data, and integrative medicine. I have held discussions on this with senior staff and we fully agree with the Panel. In fact, we have put forward a proposal to boost recruitment in six key areas that we believe are brimming with potential for innovative solutions and better healthcare for patients. 24
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