Medical Faculty News v25i1

Dr Claire Nestor joined the Department of Anaesthesiology as Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice in August 2019. Dr Nestor completed her medical training at University College Dublin, Ireland (Honours) in 2012. She then moved into a career in anaesthetics, obtaining her Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI) in 2017. Her interest also spans into the management and education side of medicine, where she has obtained additional qualifications in Health Economics and Clinical Education. Dr Jeff Ti Shih-chieh (狄士傑) joined the School of Biomedical Sciences as Assistant Professor in September 2019. Prior to joining HKUMed, Dr Ti received his PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Yale University and then was post-doctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University. His current research focuses on dissecting the mechanism by which cells organise microtubules into complex arrays that play critical roles in cell division, organelle transportation, and cell migration. In particular, employing protein biochemistry, proteomics, optical tweezers, single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, and cryo-electron microscopy, Dr Ti’s group will examine the molecular basis that confers the unique and essential functions of the diverse human tubulin isotypes. Dr Sabrina Tsao Siu-ling （曹小玲） joined the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine as Clinical Associate Professor of Practice in March 2019. Prior to joining HKUMed, Dr Tsao was the Director of Electrophysiology (EP) at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Dr Tsao obtained her MBBS degree at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK. She completed her Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA. Her clinical research interests include treatment of arrhythmia in children and adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), using a combination of catheter ablation, cardiac device, and arrhythmia surgery, and prevention of sudden cardiac death in children. She hopes to advance paediatric EP education at HKU and continue to collaborate with international colleagues to advance the field of paediatric EP. Professor Tsoi Nai-shun (蔡廼舜) joined the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine as Clinical Professor of Practice in December 2019. Prior to joining HKUMed, Professor Tsoi was Consultant of the Hospital Authority and served as the Director of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Queen Mary Hospital. Professor Tsoi obtained his MBBS at HKU, and completed his fellowship training at Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Pittsburg Children’s Hospital in USA. His clinical interests include neonatal and paediatric intensive care as well as paediatric critical care. He is now establishing and developing the PICU service in both Gleneagles HK Hospital and HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Dr Eric Wan Yuk-fai （尹旭輝） joined the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, and the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy as Assistant Professor in February 2019. Following the completion of his PhD in Family Medicine and Medical Statistics from HKU, Dr Wan worked as a medical statistician at the University of Oxford. He is also a Chartered Statistician (CStat) of the Royal Statistical Society and a Professional Statistician (PStat®) of the American Statistical Association. His current research focuses on epidemiology, public health and health interventions and services using big data cohorts. Dr Wang Weiping (汪衛平) joined the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy as Assistant Professor in September 2019. Dr Wang holds a joint appointment with Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre at HKU. He obtained his PhD from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was a Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Postdoctoral Associate at Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include nanomedicine, stimuli-responsive drug delivery, ocular drug delivery and gene editing. 89 Medical Faculty News