Medical Faculty News v25i1

Biography 簡歷 Dr Hannah Hui Xiaoyan obtained her Bachelor Degree in Biotechnology from Shanghai Jiaotong University and completed her PhD study in Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIBS, CAS). She then received her postdoctoral training at Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, HKUMed in 2011 and then further took the position as research assistant professor at HKUMed. Her major research interest lies in adipose tissue, from molecular basis of adipose tissue remodeling, its physiological relevance in the context of obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases, to pharmacological strategies to remodel adipose tissues. Her research work has been published in several top-ranked journals including Cell Metabolism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)）, EMBO Reports and etc. 惠曉艷博士在上海交通大學取得生物技 術學士學位，並在中國科學院上海生命科 學研究院獲得博士學位。2011年，她在港 大醫學院內科學系內分泌科接受博士後 訓練，現時於香港大學任職助理教授（研 究）。惠博士的主要研究是脂肪組織：脂肪 組織重構的分子基礎、肥胖和心血管疾病 方面的生理功能，以至脂肪組織重構的藥 理策略。其研究成果曾在多份頂尖期刊包 括《細胞代謝》、《美國國家科學院院刊》和 《歐洲分子生物學會報告》等發表。 Honours and Awards 榮譽與獎項 2019 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 國家自然科學基金「優秀青年科學家基金」（港澳） 2016 Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, HKUMed 港大醫學院最佳優秀研究著作獎 21 Medical Faculty News