Medical Faculty News v25i1

• Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai (孔繁毅) , Ru Chien and Helen Lieh Professor in Health Sciences Pedagogy, Clinical Professor and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine was awarded HKU Outstanding Researcher Award. • Professor Leung Suet-yi (梁雪兒) , Y M Kan Professor in Natural Sciences, Chair Professor of Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics and Genomics of the Department of Pathology and her team members: Dr Helen Yan Hoi-ning (甄凱寧) , Assistant Professor and Dr Ronnie Ho Siu-lun (何肇倫) , Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, of the Department of Pathology; Professor Simon Law Ying-kit (羅英傑) , Cheung Kung-Hai Professor in Gastrointestinal Surgery and Chair Professor in Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of the Department of Surgery; Dr Stephanie Ma Kwai-yee (馬桂宜) , Associate Professor and Dr Jason Wong Wing-hon (黃永瀚) , Associate Professor, of the School of Biomedical Sciences; Professor Dora Kwong Lai-wan (鄺麗雲) , Clinical Professor and Dr Lam Ka-on (林嘉安) , Clinical Assistant Professor, of the Department of Clinical Oncology; Professor Mak Tak-wah (麥德華) of Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; and other members from collaborative institutes and universities were awarded HKU Research Output Prize 2018-19 for their work: A Comprehensive Human Gastric Cancer Organoid Biobank Captures Tumor Subtype Heterogeneity and Enables Therapeutic Screening . The following Faculty members received Faculty Prize 2019: • Dr Elaine Lee Yuen-phin （李燕蘋） , Clinical Assistant Professor and Dr Victor Lee Ho-fun (李浩勳) , Clinical Associate Professor, of the Department of Clinical Oncology; Dr Desmond Yap Yat-hin (葉逸軒) , Clinical Associate Professor and Dr Woo Yu-cho (胡裕初) , Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, of the Department of Medicine, were awarded the Faculty Teaching Awards (Faculty Teaching Medal). • Dr Sherry Chan Kit-wa (陳喆燁) , Clinical Assistant Professor and Dr Christy Hui Lai-ming (許麗明) , Assistant Professor, of the Department of Psychiatry, were awarded the Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award. • The Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery has carried out the country’s first paediatric laparoscopic liver resection in March 2019 and was the world’s first to combine the application of indocyanine green-florescence in the operation to successfully manage a child with liver cancer. 燕柳） , Honorary Assistant Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Professor Gabriel Leung （梁卓偉） , Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health and the Dean of Medicine; Dr George Leung Pak-heng （梁柏行） , Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; Professor Shen Jiangang （沈劍剛） , Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine ; and Dr Wong Chun-ming （黃俊銘） , Associate Professor of the Department of Pathology, who have all served HKU for at least 15 years. The following Faculty members received Faculty Prize 2018: • Dr Esther Chan Wai-yin （陳慧賢） , Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; and Dr Brian Chung Hon-yin （鍾侃言） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, were awarded the Faculty Teaching Awards (Faculty Teaching Medal). • Professor Wang Yu （汪玉） , Professor, and Dr Wong Chi-ming （王志明） , Honorary Assistant Professor, of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; and Professor Xu Aimin （徐愛民） , Director of State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Chair Professor of Metabolic Medicine of the Department of Medicine, and their research team members were awarded Faculty Research Output Prize for their work: The FGF21-CCL11 Axis Mediates Beiging of White Adipose Tissues by Coupling Sympathetic Nervous System to Type 2 Immunity . • Professor Richard Yuen Man-fung （袁孟峰） , Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Medicine, Chair Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Chief of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Department of Medicine, and his team members: Dr Walter Seto Wai-kay （司徒偉基） , Clinical Associate Professor, Dr Danny Wong Ka-ho （王嘉豪） , Assistant Professor, Dr Wong Siu-yin （黃兆賢） , Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, and Dr Michael Cheung Ka-shing （張嘉盛） , Clinical Assistant Professor, as well as the research team of the Department of Medicine; Professor Joseph Wu Tsz-kei （胡子祺） , Professor, and Dr Eric Lau Ho-yin （劉浩然） , Assistant Professor, of the School of Public Health, were awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award for their work: A Population Based Study on the Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Hong Kong . The following Faculty members received HKU Excellence Awards 2019: • Dr Brian Chung Hon-yin （鍾侃言） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was awarded HKU Outstanding Teaching Award. 84 Achievements and Awards