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19 Medical Faculty News My research focuses on cancer nursing and palliative care. My key areas of research include identifying barriers to cancer pain management, to look at the effect of palliative intervention and palliative policy and to investigate the effect of physical activity in lung cancer patients. I'm also working on end of life care for the elderly and hoping my research can help improve their quality of life and also quality of death. ─ Professor Lin Chia-chin Professor Lin Chia-chin joined The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2017 as Head and Professor of the School of Nursing, and holds the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professorship in Nursing. She is a recognised expert in cancer nursing and palliative care. Her work focusing on the physical activity in lung cancer patients has identified the attitudes, beliefs and preferences for physical activity among patients. She has demonstrated that home-based walking programmes can lead to improvements in circadian rhythms, mental health outcomes, and overall sleep quality. Following her work and papers in this field, clinicians in Taipei have introduced exercise counselling programmes for lung cancer patients as part of their clinical practice. In November 2016, Professor Lin's research gained international exposure when she was interviewed by Reuters on her findings. With her expertise in the management of cancer symptoms and palliative care, Professor Lin served as Chairperson of the committee that developed the first National Cancer Pain Management Reference Guidelines for Palliative Care in Taiwan. She is also a Board Member of and Consultant to foundations that promote end of life care in Taiwan. She is a Council Member of numerous professional communities that provide educational training The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation strives to serve with “Compassionate Love and Holistic Care”. It is a great honour for the Foundation to support the Professorship in Holistic Cancer Care, which upholds the same philosophy as we do. As a pioneer of nursing education in Hong Kong, the Foundation is also committed to contributing to the enhancement of quality nursing education through the Professorship in Nursing. Dr Pamela M K Leung, Chairman, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Endowed Professor Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professorship in Nursing 雅麗氏何妙齡那打素慈善基金會基金教授席 (護理學) Professor Lin Chia-chin (林佳靜) for oncology and palliative care nurses. Most recently, she founded the Long-Term Care Nursing Association in Taiwan. As a global healthcare educator and researcher, Professor Lin exemplifies leadership in her current role as Head of the School of Nursing at HKU and as the immediate past Dean of the College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University. She successfully transformed the College into an institution with a focus on globalisation and research, and it is now ranked first in Asia according to the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities in Nursing.