Medical Faculty News v25i1

Ms Sabiha Jahan Akhee , Research Assistant of HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, the School of Public Health, was awarded a Croucher Foundation Fellowship 2019/2020 by Croucher Foundation in May 2019. Professor Chen Zhiwei （陳志偉） , Director of AIDS Institute and Professor of the Department of Microbiology, was awarded Springer Nature “China New Development Award” in 2019. Dr Jason Cheung Pui-yin （鍾培言） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was awarded the 2019 SOSORT Paper Award by the 14th International SOSORT meeting in April 2019; and was appointed AOSpine Asia Pacific Regional Research Chairman in June 2019. Dr Derek Cheung Yee-tak （張懿德） , Assistant Professor of the School of Nursing, was awarded the Excellent Health Promotion Project Award by the Food and Health Bureau in June 2019. Dr Brian Chung Hon-yin （鍾侃言） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was awarded the Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal 2017/18 in February 2019. Dr Chiu Kung-chun （趙公雋） , Postdoctoral Fellow of the Department of Pathology, was awarded the Dr KP Stephen Chang Gold Medal 2017/18 in February 2019. Dr Michael Co Tiong-hong （許長峯） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Surgery, was awarded the Best Presentation Award at the Global Breast Cancer Conference (GBCC) 2019 by the Organizing Committee of the GBCC 2019 in April 2019. Professor Benjamin John Cowling （高本恩） , Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Professor Leo Poon Lit-man （潘烈文） , Division Head of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, of the School of Public Health; Dr Stephanie Ma Kwai-yee （馬桂宜） , Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences were elected Founding Members of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences in September 2018. Dr Hu Yong （胡勇） , Associate Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology was granted Second-class Award of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (SSTPA) for his work: Establishment and Application of Diagnosis and Treatment System for Spinal Cord Injury based on Epidemiology and Microenvironment Theory in January 2020; he and Dr Wang Zheng （王崢） , Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and the research team: Dr Wen Rongwei （聞榮偉） , Research Assistant, Mr Li Xiaodong （李曉東） and Mr Wang Xiaojun （王小軍） , PhD candidates, of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, were awarded the Silver Medal by The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG2019) in April 2019. Dr Richard Kao Yi-tsun （高一村） , Associate Professor, Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo （陳福和） , Clinical Assistant Professor and Dr Philip Yeung Man-lung （楊文龍） , Assistant Professor, of the Department of Microbiology, were granted Second-class Award of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (SSTPA) for their work: Establishment and Application of Animal Model System for Major Human Infectious Diseases in January 2020. Professor Ava Kwong （鄺靄慧） , Daniel C K Yu Professor in Breast Cancer Research and Clinical Professor of the Department of Surgery received the Uccio Querci della Rovere Award at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and the Association for Cancer Surgery in London, United Kingdom in November 2019. Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen （林露娟） , Danny D B Ho Professor in Family Medicine and Head of the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, and her research team were awarded Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award and Best Contribution to Family Medicine Award in the WONCA World Conference in October 2018. Professor Karen Lam Siu-ling （林小玲） , Rosie TT Young Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chair Professor in Medicine of the Department of Medicine, was elected Advisory Board Chairman by Merck Sharp & Dohme Asia-pacific Diabetes Board (2019–2021); Professor Lam was also awarded a Food and Health Bureau (HMRF) grant for the Commissioned Programme on Early Phase Clinical Trials on Novel Pharmaceutical Products in June 2019. Dr Wendy Lam Wing-tak （藍詠德） , Division Head of Behavioural Sciences and Associate Professor of the School of Public Health, was elected Treasurer of the International Psycho-oncology Society in 2019. Professor Anne Lee Wing-mui （李詠梅） , Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professor in Holistic Cancer Care and Head of the Department of Clinical Oncology, was granted an Honorary Fellow by the American College of Radiology in May 2019; and awarded the Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Award (First Class) by the Fujian Provincial People’s Government in October 2018 and inducted among “Shenzhen Good Doctors” by Shenzhen Health and Population Family Planning Commission / Shenzhen Office of Spiritual Civilization Development Committee in August 2018. Dr Pamela Lee Pui-wah （李珮華） , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, won the Best Paper Award by the World Federation for Medicine Education World 85 Medical Faculty News