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Next Generation MBBS IV medical students completed their Health Advocacy Project (HAP) in the Problem Based Public Health module from January to March 2018, hosted by the School of Public Health. The project is designed for medical students to identify and analyse public health issues of local concern, and implement their findings by reaching out to their target populations. Students recommending the extension of smoke-free areas in Hong Kong collected over 200 signatures from the public. Another student group petitioned for mandatory nutrition labelling on non-packaged beverages and raised awareness of chronic diseases associated with obesity in the community. Students were also invited to a RTHK live radio show to share insights from their projects. Twenty-three research postgraduate students (MPhil and PhD) participated in the HKU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2018 on March 7, 2018. The 1st and 2nd runners-up determined by the adjudicating panel, and the People’s Choice Award decided by audience ballot, were selected during the event. The finalist who received the most ‘LIKE’ votes on YouTube has been awarded the Online People’s Choice Award. Ms Khong Mei- li , PhD candidate in the Faculty of Medicine, was the Champion and People’s Choice Award Winner for “Too Many P-s Spoil The Protein” Two Pharmacy Society committee members participated in the Chiang Mai Service Trip 2018 organised by the Rotaract Club, HKUSU. During the trip, they taught at nurseries and primary schools. The visit to this beautiful region was an enriching experience for the two participants, and gave them a deeper understanding of wildlife conservation. A research paper, written by a group of MBBS Health Research Project (HRP) students, entitled “Association of long-term glycaemic control on tear break up times and dry eye symptoms in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes” was published in the prestigious journal Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology (CEO) in February 2018. The group, supervised by Dr Kendrick Co Shih （施愷廸） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, and coordinated by the School of Public Health, also presented the paper at the XXXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in Lisbon, and participated in the poster presentation at the 23rd Medical Research Conference organised by the Department of Medicine, HKU. MBBS Projects Raise Smoke-Free Public Health Awareness Too Many P-s is Three Minute Thesis Champion Pharmacy Society Members Inspired by Chiang Mai Visit Students’ Study Published in Leading Medical Journal (Primary Supervisor: Dr Julian Alexander Tanner ); Ms Jasmeen Kaur Sethi , PhD candidate in the Faculty of Medicine (Primary Supervisor: Professor Annie Cheung Nga-yin （張雅賢） ) was the 1st Runner–up for her presentation “The Ovarian Cancer Games: Catching HNF-1ß targets”. Medical Faculty News 37