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41 Medical Faculty News The Roundtable Series with Movers and Shakers in Global Health was launched by the School of Public Health in 2017. Featuring interactive dialogues with prominent public health luminaries from around the world, the series has received overwhelmingly positive responses from students, staff, and members of the public. On October 8, 2018, an interactive dialogue with Dr Mellissa Withers , Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California and Program Director of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program, was held. Then on November 8, 2018, the School partnered with the Asia Global Institute to host a panel discussion entitled “Why global health AND development?”. The panel line-up included five AsiaGlobal Fellows, viz., Mr Chibueze Nnanna Anyanwu , Engagement Manager of McKinsey; Dr Bradley Hiller , Lead Consultant of The World Bank Group/Asian Development Bank; Ms Vera Kobalia , International Doing Business Advisor of Australia Indonesia Partnership Economic Governance (AIPEG); Mr George Lwanda , Regional Programme Adviser of UNDP Africa Regional Centre; and Dr Amit Wanchoo , Chief Executive Officer of Space Communications, Director of Eaton Laboratories and Founder of H.N. Wanchoo Trust. Roundtable Series with Movers and Shakers in Global Health The School of Chinese Medicine held the “Dialogue with Chinese Medicine Masters” on October 25, 2018 in collaboration with the Department of Health and HKSAR Government as part of a national large-scale campaign “Promotion of Chinese Medicine in China – Hong Kong Programme”. Chinese Medicine Masters including Professor Sun Guangrong ( 孫光榮 ) who is a National Chinese Medicine Master, and Professor Huang Feng ( 黃楓 ) who is a Master of Traumatology and Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Chinese Medicine shared with the audience their experience and wisdom accumulated through years of medical practice. In the seminar, the audience was also able to examine interactive supporting case studies. With participants ranging from local Chinese Dialogue with Chinese Medicine Masters Medicine practitioners and researchers to teaching staff and students, the event successfully promoted academic exchange between medical professionals in Mainland China and Hong Kong while advocating for continuing education in Chinese Medicine. The panel shed lights on the close relationship between global health and development, as well as the issues and challenges posed by that close relationship. The discussion underscored why in partnership with the Faculties of Architecture, Business and Economics, Law, Science, and Social Sciences, the School has established its new Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Global Health and Development for 2019.