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A total of 18 academic staff members from the Faculty were awarded Long Service Awards by HKU in June 2020 in recognition of their loyal service: Professor Ho Shu-leong ( 何樹良 ) , Chief of Neurology Division, Henry G Leong Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine; Dr Ho Pak-leung ( 何栢良 ) , Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology; Professor Michael G Irwin ( 艾明高 ) , Daniel CK Yu Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology; Professor Dora Kwong Lai-wan ( 鄺麗雲 ) , Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology; Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing ( 劉澤星 ) , Clinical Professor, Chair of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Daniel CK Yu Professorship in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Head, Department of Medicine; Professor William Lu Weijia ( 呂維加 ) , Professor, Ng Chun-Man Professor in Orthopaedic Bioengineering, Division Chief, Orthopaedic Research Center, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang ( 譚廣亨 ) , Li Shu-Pui Professor in Surgery, Director, Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, Chair Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, who have served HKU for 25 years; Professor Benjamin John Cowling ( 高本恩 ) , Professor, Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Dr Philip Ho Wing-lok ( 何永樂 ) , Scientific Officer, Department of Medicine; Dr Cecilia Kong Hoi-mei ( 江海瑂 ) , Lecturer, School of Nursing; Professor Simon Law Ying-kit ( 羅英傑 ) , Cheung Kung-Hai Professor in Gastrointestinal Surgery, Chair Professor of Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Chief of Division, Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery; Professor Sham Pak-chung ( 沈伯松 ) , Suen Chi-Sun Professor in Clinical Science and Chair Professor of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Psychiatry, Co-director, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Lead of the Research and Training Division, Centre for PanorOmics Sciences ; Professor Wang Yu ( 汪玉 ) , Professor, Chair of Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; Dr Danny Wong Ka-ho ( 王嘉豪 ) , Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Dr Kenneth Wong Kak-yuen ( 黃格元 ) , Clinical Associate Professor, Chief of Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery; Dr Stanley Wong Thian-sze ( 黃天仕 ) , Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Professor Richard Yuen Man-fung ( 袁孟峰 ) , Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Medicine, Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chief of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Deputy Head, Department of Medicine; Dr Zhang Yanbo ( 張艷波 ) , Principal Lecturer, School of Chinese Medicine, who have served HKU for 15 years HKUMed scholars granted funding in 10th round of RGC’s Theme-based Research Scheme In June 2020 two HKUMed research projects received funding under the Theme-based Research Scheme. These were “Towards Personalized and Innovative Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia” (led by Professor Anskar Leung Yu-hung ( 梁如鴻 ) , Clinical Professor and Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Haematology of the Department of Medicine) and “Assess Antibiotic Resistome Flows from Pollution Hotspots to Environments and Explore the Control Strategies” (led by Professor Zhang Tong ( 張彤 ) , Honorary Professor of School of Public HKUMed receives 2020 NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) Dr Esther Chan Wai-yin ( 陳慧賢 ) , Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Dr Lydia Cheung Wai-ting ( 張慧婷 ) , Assistant Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr Carmen Wong Chak-lui ( 黄澤蕾 ) , Assistant Professor of the Department of Pathology, and Dr Alan Wong Siu-lun ( 黄兆麟 ) , Assistant Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences, were awarded the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) （優秀青年 科學基金（港澳） in September 2020. Dr Winnie Tso Wan-yee ( 曹蘊怡 ) , Clinical Assistant Professor of the Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, received Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection Award in 2020. Dr Patrick Ip ( 葉柏強 ) , Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, received the Hong Kong Humanity Award 2020 by the Hong Kong Red Cross in November 2020. 42 Congratulations