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Applause Two PhD candidates of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy (their primary supervisor being Dr Jenny Lam Ka-wing ( 林嘉穎 ) , Associate Professor) were winners of the HKU Visualise Your Thesis The new 6-credit “Life Enrichment (LE) Learning” course in the Bachelor of Nursing (Full-time) Programme allows students to acquire a wide variety of eye-opening learning experiences. These can include learning trips, short- term study, practical experience opportunities, service/ humanitarian activities, and research attachments. A pilot run of the programme was held in the summer of 2019, with eight groups of 36 students getting to explore East Africa, Mainland China, South Korea, Sweden or Taiwan. Students enjoyed a variety of learning experiences and had unique opportunities to better understand the issues facing communities in different places. In addition to broadening their horizons, many also made new friends during their travels. The poster “Knowledge Difference in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) between Hong Kong Undergraduates from Local and International Secondary Schools: A Cross-Sectional Study” created by students Darren Wong Li-liang ( 王理良 ), Allen Zhang ( 張愛倫 ) and Kylie Cheung Ka-yuet ( 張加悦 ) , ranked 2nd at the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (Stanford CARE) in August 2020. The poster was part of their Interdisciplinary Health Research Project Life Enrichment Learning Poster Presentation and Sharing Session To share their new insights and mind-expanding journeys, the students presented their reflections in the form of posters at a sharing session. Students were thereby able to pass on their insights to fellow teachers and students, perhaps inspiring others to take the course in the future. and aimed to assess and compare the STD knowledge among undergraduates who attended local and international secondary schools in Hong Kong. Stanford CARE invited undergraduate and graduate students at HKUMed and the School of Public Health to submit Asian public health research abstracts for the Stanford CARE Summer Research Symposium 2020. The new partnership between the two leading universities will accelerate Asian health research around the world. (VYT) Competition in September 2020. Ms Rachel Liao Qiu-ying ( 廖秋莹 ) won the first prize and Mr Rico Man Chi-hang ( 文志恆 ) was the second runner-up. Student Poster Ranked 2nd in Stanford CARE Research Summer Symposium 39 Medical Faculty News