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51 Medical Faculty News Achievements and Awards The following Faculty members received Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award in September 2018: Dr Martin Cheung Chi-hang （ 張知恆） , Assistant Professor, and Dr Jessica Liu Aijia （劉艾佳） , Post- doctoral Fellow, of the School of Biomedical Sciences; Professor Leung Wai-keung （梁偉強） , Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professorship in Gastroenterology of the Department of Medicine; Professor Irene Ng Oi-lin （吳 呂愛蓮） , Loke Yew Professorship in Pathology and Head of the Department of Pathology; Professor Sham Pak- chung （沈伯松） , Chair Professor of Psychiatric Genomics and Director of Centre for Genomic Sciences of the Department of Psychiatry; Professor Joseph Wu Tsz-kei （胡 子祺） , Professor, and Dr Kathy Leung Sze-man （梁詩敏） , Assistant Research Officer, of the School of Public Health; Dr Xia Zhengyuan （ 夏正遠） , Associate Professor of the Department of Anaesthesiology. Dr Esther Chan Wai-yin （陳慧賢） , Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, and Dr Victor Lee Ho-fun （ 李浩勳） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Oncology, were awarded Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) by the University Research Committee, HKU in December 2018. Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee （張文智） , Chair Professor and Head of the Department, and Dr Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok （楊偉國） , Associate Professor, of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, were awarded the Top 1% of Scientists recognition by HKU in November 2018. Dr Amy Cheung Yim-ling （張炎鈴） , Honorary Tutor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was awarded the AR Hodgson Award at The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association’s 38th Annual Congress in November 2018. Professor Benjamin John Cowling （ 高本恩） , Professor and Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Professor Leo Poon Lit-man （ 潘烈文） , Professor and Division Head of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, of the School of Public Health, were elected as Founding Members of The Young Academy of Scientists of Hong Kong in September 2018. Dr Henry Fu Chun-him （傅俊謙） , Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was awarded the Arthur Yau Award at The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association’s 38th Annual Congress in November 2018. Dr Jojo Kwok Yan-yan （郭欣欣） , Research Assistant Professor of the School of Nursing, was granted the Meritorious Abstract Award and Early Career Award at 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine by the International Society of Behavioral Medicine in November 2018. Dr Nancy Leung Hiu-lan （ 梁曉 ） , Post-doctoral Fellow of the School of Public Health, was awarded Best Abstract in the category “Infection Control” at 17th Asia- Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection cum 8th International Infection Control Conference by Hong Kong Society for Microbiology and Infection, and Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses’ Association in August 2018. Dr Leung Ka-chun （梁家俊） , Honorary Tutor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was awarded the “Best Paper Presented by a Trainee” prize by The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association’s 38th Annual Congress in November 2018. P rofessor Anskar Leung Yu-hung （ 梁如鴻） , Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professorship in Haematology of the Department of Medicine, was awarded Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (ORSSA) by the University Research Committee, HKU in December 2018. Professor William Lu Weijia （呂維加） , Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and his joint laboratory was rated as ‘distinguished’ in the Fifth Assessment of the Hong Kong-Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Joint Laboratories by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in November 2018. Professor Nancy Man Kwan （ 萬鈞） , Professor of the Department of Surgery, was elected President of the International Liver Transplantation Society; and her team won the following awards at the 27th Annual Congress of International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) in May 2018: • Dr Oscar Yeung Wai-ho （ 楊偉豪） , Post-doctoral Fellow of the Department of Surgery was awarded the Rising Star Award; • Dr Xue Yan （薛妍） , Post-doctoral Fellow; Dr Zhou Jie （周杰） , Research Assistant; D r Liu Jiang （劉江） , Ms Lam Yin-fan （林燕芬） and Mr Yang Xin Xiang （楊新祥） , PhD candidates, Department of Surgery, were awarded