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30 Inside The Faculty The 6th Hong Kong Pathology Forum was held on February 3, 2018, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, followed the next day by the HKU Pathology Forum 2018 – Shenzhen, at HKU- Shenzhen Hospital. The two events focused on pathology developments for the head and neck, haematalymphoid tumours, and the pancreas and sclerosing cholangitis. Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee (陳肇始) , Secretary for Food and Health, delivered the opening address in Hong Kong, where Dr Lester Thompson of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (USA) and Professor Yasuni Nakanuma of the Graduate School of Medicine of Kanazawa University ( Japan), both giants in their fields, gave the Hou Pao-Chang Medical Memorial Fund Lecture and the James Gibson Lecture, respectively. The two international participants also spoke at the Shenzhen event, along with Professor Xue Ling , Sun Yat-sen University; Dr Mei Kai-yong , Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Dr Jimmy Chan Yu-wai (陳汝威) and Dr Pathologists and Physicians Gather for Hong Kong and Shenzhen Forums Over 30 staff and students from the School of Public Health (SPH) completed the 10km run at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2018. This is the School’s highest ever number of participants in Hong Kong's most popular mass participation sporting event. SPH runners had a great experience during the race, which also provided an opportunity for team- building and the promotion of physical activity. School of Public Health Fields Record Runners for Standard Chartered 10km Race Cheung Tan-to (張丹圖) , The University of Hong Kong. Summary remarks were delivered by Dr James Yan Kin- wing (殷堅榮) , HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Around 200 pathologists, physicians and allied health professionals attended the Hong Kong event, while more than 120 participants from across Mainland China engaged in active discussion and gave positive feedback at the Shenzhen forum.

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