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53 Medical Faculty News disease. She looks forward to forming new professional relationships with fellow colleagues and management team, contributing to the betterment of nursing care and public health, and to new and improved solutions for the well-being and happiness of the public. Ms Susanna Lee Wai-yee （ 李 惠兒） has joined the School of Nursing as Associate Professor of Practice as of August 2018. Before joining HKU Ms Lee worked as the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at the Hospital Authority Head Office (HAHO). This was a key role involving overseeing cluster nursing service operations, Specialty Advisory Groups (SAG), specialty development and performance monitoring of services and practices (particularly in community nursing services), and nurse clinics in seven clusters at the HA corporate wide level. Clinically, Ms Lee has been working in various public hospitals for over 30 years, mostly in Paediatrics as RN, RM, NO, WM and DOM in Hong Kong and Australia. She is hoping that her expertise and experiences can make a positive contribution to nursing education and practice. Professor Liu Kui （劉奎） has joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as Professor as of November 2018. Professor Liu worked in Sweden (University of Umeå, University of Gothenburg) and China (Shandong University) before he joined HKU. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian germ cell development. Over the past decade, he has made several findings on the activation of primordial follicles and based on his work a new infertility treatment of in vitro activation (IVA) of primordial follicles was developed and with it 17 babies have been born so far to women with premature ovarian failure (POF). Professor Liu will focus on both basic and translational research at HKU. Dr Alexander Tang Hin-ning ( 鄧軒寧 ) has joined the Department of Pathology as Clinical Assistant Professor as of October 2018. Dr Tang graduated from HKU with an MBBS and a Master of Research in Medicine in 2008. He obtained his fellowship in Anatomical Pathology with The Hong Kong College of Pathologists in 2015. He has received overseas focuses on developing fast and reliable bioinformatics methods to unravel the molecular basis of human diseases using a range of approaches such as whole genome sequencing, single-cell RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, machine learning, systems biology, cloud computing, and software testing and quality assurance. Professor Spring Kong Feng-ming （孔鳳鳴） has joined the Department of Clinical Oncology as Clinical Professor as of December 2018. Professor Kong is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and the American Society of Radiation Oncology. She is an Associate Director of Overseas Experts for the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology. Professor Kong graduated from Washington University in St. Louis’ Radiation Oncology Residency Programme, has published more than 190 peer-reviewed and invited articles and has served as a lung cancer expert panellist for NCCN and ACR practice guidelines. Professor Kong has served as President of the American Society of Radiologists/Radiation Oncologists (AAWR) where she is also an inaugural fellow, and the Founding President and Chair of Board of the Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (SANTRO). Dr Vincent Kong Kau-fung (江球峯） has joined the Department of Anaesthesiology as Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice as of October 2018. After graduating from HKU, Dr Kong went on to study PGDipEcho at The University of Melbourne, MSc in Pain Management at Cardiff University, and MSc in Equine Science at The University of Edinburgh. Prior to joining the Faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor, he has worked as a Consultant Anaesthetist in HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. His main clinical and academic interests include anaesthesia for major hepatobiliary surgery, humidified high flow oxygen, preoperative risk stratification, and ambulatory anaesthesia. Dr Jojo Kwok Yan-yan （郭欣 欣） has joined the School of Nursing as Research Assistant Professor as of August 2018. Dr Kwok’s research interest is in mindfulness-based practices for chronic illness care, in particular as it relates to Parkinson’s