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Health, HKUMed and Professor of Department of Civil Engineering, HKU). The projects received HK$46.67m and HK$34.21m, respectively, to promote good public health and develop sustainable environmental practices. Professor Feng Yibin ( 馮奕斌 ) , Professor, Acting Director, School of Chinese Medicine and his team (including members from the Department of Chemistry, HKU) were awarded Science and Technology Award (Second prize) by the China Science and Technology Industrialization Promotion Association in September 2020. Professor Guan Xin-yuan ( 關新元 ) , Sophie Y M Chan Professor in Cancer Research, Director, Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Department of Clinical Oncology and his team were chosen for the 2019 State Scientific and Technological Progress Award of China (Second-class) for the project “Discovery and clinical application of biomarkers for gastrointestinal carcinoma”. The following colleagues received Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award (2020): Dr Lydia Cheung Wai-ting ( 張慧婷 ) , Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences; Dr Michael Cheung Ka-shing ( 張嘉盛 ) , Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Professor Benjamin John Cowling ( 高本恩 ) , Professor, Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Professor Leung Wai-keung ( 梁偉強 ) , Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Associate Dean (Research), HKUMed; Professor Elly Ngan Sau-wai ( 顏秀慧 ) , Professor, Department of Surgery; Professor Julian Alexander Tanner ( 唐柱霖 ) , Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Dean (Biomedical Sciences Curriculum), HKUMed; Dr Wang Weiping ( 汪衛平 ) , Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; Dr Jack Wong Chun-ming ( 黃俊銘 ) , Associate Professor, Department of Pathology; Dr Alan Wong Siu-lun ( 黃兆麟 ) , Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences; Professor Aimin Xu ( 徐愛民 ) , Professor, Chair of Metabolic Medicine, Professor in Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Departments of Medicine and of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, HKUMed, Director, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Director, Antibody and Immunoassay Services, HKU; 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 Jasper Chan Fuk-woo ( 陳福和 ) , Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Dr Michael Ni Yu-xuan ( 倪宇軒 ) , Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, were chosen for the Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator in April 2020. Professor Chan Ying-shing ( 陳應城 ) , Dexter H C Man Family Professor in Medical Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, Associate Dean (Development & Infrastructure), Director, Neuroscience Research Centre, Co-Convenor, Strategic Research Theme on Neuroscience, HKUMed, was elected as President of Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (2020-2022); Vice-President of 39th World Congress of International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) and Co-Chair of International Scientific Program Committee (2019-2022). Professor Cheung Chi-wai ( 張志偉 ) , Head, Clinical Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, was elected Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in August 2019; and conferred Fellowship (overseas) by the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in January 2020. Dr Patrick Chung Ho-yu ( 鍾浩宇 ) , Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, was awarded Carlos A Pellegrini Fellowship by the American College of Surgeons in October 2019. Dr Dominic Foo Chi-chung ( 傅志聰 ) , Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, was awarded Third Prize in Asian Pacific Surgical Video Contest in December 2019 at Asia Pacific Digestive Week held in India. Professor Feng Yibin ( 馮奕斌 ) , Professor, Acting Director, School of Chinese Medicine, was given the Outstanding Contribution Award for his project “ Development of new drugs and new treatment strategies for tumors and metabolic diseases from Chinese medicine ” by China Science and Technology Industrialization Promotion Association in 2020. Professor Khong Pek-lan ( 孔碧蘭 ), Clinical Professor, Head, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, was conferred Honorary Membership of the European Society of Radiology in July 2020. 43 Medical Faculty News