Medical Faculty News v25i1

Achievements and Awards HKUMed wins 2019 HKU Teaching Innovation Award Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing ( 劉澤星 ) and his team won the 2019 Teaching Innovation Award by HKU. The team’s innovations and contributions to enhancing students’ learning through Re-imagining Medical Education: An Enrichment Year in the Core MBBS Curriculum has impressed the Selection Panel for Teaching Excellence Awards immensely. The team members are : Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing (劉澤星) (Leader) , Senior Advisor to Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Head of the Department of Medicine, Chair Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Daniel C K Yu Professor in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; Professor Gilberto Leung Ka-kit (梁嘉傑) , Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Clinical Professor of the Department of Surgery and Tsang Wing- Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience; Dr George Lim Tipoe (鄭顏兒) , Assistant Dean (Enrichment Year) and Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences; Dr Julie Chen Yun (陳芸) , Assistant Dean (Learner Wellbeing) and Associate Professor (Teaching) of the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care; Dr Gordon Wong Tin-chun (黃田鎮) , Assistant Dean (Professional Development) and Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Anaesthesiology. HKU start-up wins championship at the IMAGINE IF! Competition Hong Kong Finals Lifespans, a start-up formed by HKU professors and alumni, won the grand prize at the ‘‘2019 Hong Kong Finals of IMAGINE IF!’’, which was held on February 16, 2019. The competition is a global accelerator organised by the Innovation Forum in Cambridge, UK. Lifespans was co-founded by HKU alumni and three faculty members of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, HKUMed: Dr Christian Fang Xinshuo （方欣碩） , Professor Frankie Leung Ka-li （梁加利） and Professor William Lu Weijia （呂維加） . Lifespans has developed three innovative medical implants that have been shown in laboratory conditions to provide superior performance for repairing fractures in the elderly: the Lifespans Soft Hip, Soft Shoulder, and Soft Spine. Two HKUMed scholars granted funding from the 9th round of Theme-based Research Scheme by RGC The research projects Control of Influenza: Individual and Population Immunity , led by Professor Benjamin John Cowling （高本恩） , Professor and Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the School of Public Health; and Fighting Disease Recurrence and Promoting Tissue Repair after Liver Transplantation: Translating Basic Discoveries to Clinical Excellence , led by Professor Lo Chung-mau （盧寵茂） , Hospital Chief Executive of The University of Hong Kong- Shenzhen Hospital, were granted funding of HK$55.55 million and HK$50 million, respectively in June 2019, in the hopes of promoting better public health in society. Professor Mary Ip appointed Regional Adviser by RCPE Professor Mary Ip Sau-man （葉秀文） , Mok Hing- Yiu Professor in Respiratory Medicine and Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine of the Department of Medicine was appointed Regional Adviser for Hong Kong (2019–2024) by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 82 Congratulations