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Dr Janet Wong Yuen-ha ( 黃婉霞 ) , Associate Professor, Chair, Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate education), Director, Bachelor of Nursing (FT) Programme, School of Nursing, was elected as Sigma Global Regional Coordinator for Asia 2019-2021. Professor Doris Yu Sau-fung ( 余秀鳯 ) , Professor, School of Nursing was elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in October 2020. Four Health@InnoHK projects, namely Centre for Immunology and Infection (HK$407M); Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics (HK$405M); Centre for Oncology and Immunology (HK$501.1M); Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology (HK$284.6M); and one AIR@InnoHK project entitled Laboratory for Data Discovery for Health (HK$380M) have been awarded by Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR Government in 2020. 19 principal investigators have been awarded a total of HK$97.288 million for 21 commissioned research projects on Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) under the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) by Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government, in 2020: Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo ( 陳福和 ) (Microbiology); Professor Benjamin Cowling ( 高本恩 ) (School of Public Health); Professor Huang Jiandong ( 黃建東 ) (School of Biomedical Sciences); Dr Kenrie Hui Pui-yan ( 許珮茵 ) (School of Public Health); Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai ( 孔繁毅 ) (Medicine); Professor Jin Dong-yan ( 金冬雁 ) (School of Biomedical Sciences); Dr Raven Kok Kin-hang ( 郭健恒 ) (Microbiology); Dr Tommy Lam Tsan-yuk ( 林讚育 ) (School of Public Health); Professor Li Yuguo ( 李玉國 ) (School of Public Health); Dr Luk Kam-hei ( 陸鑑希 ) (Microbiology); Dr Judith Mak Choi-wo ( 麥翠和 ) (Medicine); Professor Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris ( 裴偉士 ) (School of Public Health); Professor Leo Poon Lit-man ( 潘烈文 ) (School of Public Health); Dr Walter Seto Wai-kay ( 司徒偉基 ) , (Medicine); Dr Kelvin To Kai-wang ( 杜啟泓 ) (Microbiology); Dr Sophie Valkenburg Doak (School of Public Health); Dr Carlos Wong King-ho ( 黃競浩 ) (Pharmacology and Pharmacy); Dr Thomas Yau Chung-cheung ( 邱宗祥 ) (Medicine); Professor Yuen Kwok-yung ( 袁國勇 ) (Microbiology) 5 researchers have been granted a total of $18.78M for 5 commissioned projects on Paediatric Research at Hong Kong Children ’ s Hospital under the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) by Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government, in 2020: Professor Cheung Yiu-fai ( 張耀輝 ) (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine) ; Dr Brian Chung Hon-yin ( 鍾侃言 ) (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine); Dr Pamela Lee Pui-wah ( 李珮華 ) (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine); Dr Anthony Liu Pak-yin ( 廖栢賢 ) (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine); Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang ( 譚廣亨 ) (Surgery) Professor Eric Chen Yu-hai ( 陳友凱 ) , Chi-Li Pao Foundation Professor in Psychiatry, Chair Professor, Clinical Professor, Head, Department of Psychiatry and his team were awarded HK$119.15M from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for the project "LevelMind@JC ” in November 2019. Professor Guan Xin-yuan ( 關新元 ) and Professor Anne Lee Wing-mui ( 李詠梅 ) (Clinical Oncology) were awarded RMB 63.3M by the Science and Technology Agency of Guangdong province for the project “ Integrated Study of Medical Nuclide Application on Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment ” . Professors Liu Kui ( 劉奎 ) and William Yeung Shu-biu ( 楊樹標 ) , Professors of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology, were awarded RMB 30M under Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents Innovation and Entrepreneurship Special Fund (Peacock Plan) by the Shenzhen Municipal Government in 2020. The HKUMed Clinical Research Fellowship Scheme (pilot scheme) was awarded to Dr Johann Lok ( 駱宇漢 ) , Honorary Tutor, under the supervision of his research mentor Professor Khoo Ui-soon ( 邱瑋璇 ) , Ada M.F. Chan Professor in Oncological Pathology, Clinical Professor, of the Department of Pathology. 45 Medical Faculty News