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Conference in April 2019; and was also recognised as Distinguished Young Fellow by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in September 2019. Professor Gilberto Leung Ka-kit （梁嘉傑） , Tsang Wing-Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience, Clinical Professor of the Department of Surgery and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), was re-elected the Vice-President (Education & Examinations) of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in December 2019. Professor Frankie Leung Ka-li （梁加利） , Tam Sai-Kit Professor in Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Professor William Lu Weijia （呂維加） , Ng Chun-Man Professor in Orthopaedic Bioengineering; Dr Christian Fang Xinshuo （方欣碩） , Clinical Assistant Professor, of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology; and their research team members Dr Sloan Kulper and Dr Erica Ueda Boles , were awarded the Top Prize at the inaugural Hello Tomorrow Singapore Regional Summit in January 2019. Dr William Li Ho-cheung （李浩祥） and Dr Kelvin Wang Man-ping （王文炳） , Associate Professors of the School of Nursing, were inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing by the American Academy of Nursing in May 2019. Professor Lu Liwei （呂力為） , Professor of the Department of Pathology, was awarded the Beijing Science and Technology Award (First Class) by People’s Government of Beijing Municipality in November 2018 and the China Medical Science and Technology Award (First Class) by Chinese Medical Association in December 2018. Professor William Lu Weijia （呂維加） , Ng Chun-Man Professor in Orthopaedic Bioengineering of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology; and Professors Che Chi-ming （支志明） and Sun Min （孫敏） from HKU Faculty of Science, were awarded a grant from the RGC Joint Laboratory Funding Scheme by the HKU Research Grants Council (RGC) in June 2019. Professor Hextan Ngan Yuen-sheung （顏婉嫦） , Tsao Yin Kai Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, was awarded the Best Volunteer Award by the International Planned Parenthood Federation in July 2019. Dr Kendrick Co Shih （施愷迪） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, and his team were awarded the Best Poster Award at the Japanese Cornea Conference 2019 in February 2019. Dr So Tsz-him （蘇子謙） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Clinical Oncology, was awarded the Gold Award by The Royal College of Radiologists in November 2018. Professor Sydney Tang Chi-wai (鄧智偉) , Yu Professor in Nephrology, Chair Professor of Renal Medicine of the Department of Medicine was appointed Honorary International Member by Japanese Society of Nephrology in June 2019. Dr Tun Hein-min （黃世萬） , Assistant Professor of the School of Public Health, was awarded the First Place - Best Presentation Award at the AllerGen 2019 Research Conference by The Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen) in January 2019, and appointed a 2019 Fellow of National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, by National University Hospital, Singapore in September 2018. Dr Dana Vackova , Senior Lecturer of the School of Public Health, was awarded the Award of Merit for Poster Presentation at the Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education 2018 by the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, HKUMed in December 2018. Dr Sophie Valkenburg , Research Assistant Professor of HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, the School of Public Health, was awarded the Oral Presentation Award at the Immunological Assays and Correlates of Protection for Next Generation Influenza Vaccines by the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV) and the University of Siena, Italy in April 2019. Dr Tiffany Wong Cho-lam （黃楚琳） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Surgery, won the Rising Star Award at the Rising Star Symposium of the 25th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplant Society in Toronto, Canada in May 2019. She also won Best Oral Presentation Award at the 7th Biennial Congress of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary in Seoul, South Korea in September 2019. Dr Stanley Wong Sau-ching （黃守正） , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Anaesthesiology, was awarded the FPM Best Free Paper Award by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in May 2019. Dr Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok （楊偉國） , Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, was awarded the Second Class Award by the 13th Annual Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association in November 2018. Dr Maria Zhu Huachen （朱華晨） , Associate Professor of the School of Public Health, was honoured the Chinese Young Women in Science Award (中國青年女科 學家獎) in recognition of her work on influenza and other emerging infectious diseases in December 2019 . (As of February 2020) 86 Achievements and Awards