Vol. 19 Issue 1 Mar 2014 THE UNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG FACULTY ADDRESS SPEECH BY DR KO WING MAN AT THE FACULTY GRADUATION 2013 STATE OFTHE BY THEDEAN CONTENTS
1 CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE EDITOR’S NOTE 2 FEATURE • State of the Faculty Address by the Dean Welcome to the March 2014 issue of Medical Faculty News. 7 SPOTLIGHT • Speech by Dr Ko Wing-man at the Faculty What stands out in this issue is the dynamism of our Graduation 2013 community as we stand at the frontiers of learning, 11 THE FACULTY IN 2013 discovery and community engagement. 12 EDUCATION MATTERS • 2013 Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences We celebrate the graduation of the latest generation Education of scientists, doctors and healthcare professionals “From Classroom to Clinic: Opportunities and now entrusted with the well-being of our society. Challenges in e-Learning” Our Dean, Professor Gabriel M Leung（梁卓偉）, 13 INSIDE THE FACULTY congratulated the graduands at the Graduation and 18 NEXT GENERATION Prize Presentation Ceremony and, for the first time 21 ALUMNI NEWS on that occasion, made the State of the Faculty Address 2013 outlining plans that will enrich our 25 PEOPLE students’ learning and sustain our leadership in 26 CONGRATULATIONS research and clinical practice. This includes recent 28 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS and forthcoming reviews of admissions, teaching and learning, research, as well as human capital and 29 IN REMEMBRANCE & CORRECTIONS major infrastructure developments. 31 FORTHCOMING EVENTS & DONATIONS Graduation is an occasion to reflect on the work accomplished by our graduands and those who have taught them. You will read, in our Spotlight, the speech by the Guest of Honour Dr Ko Wing- man（高永文）, who shared his inspiring thoughts on what it means to practise in medicine and healthcare in Hong Kong today. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Tel: 2819 9175 There is much our students and graduates have Fax: 2974 0678 accomplished, following in the footsteps of their E: [email protected] W: www.med.hku.hk predecessors. This can be seen in the many achievements reported in this issue, in Next Generation, Inside the Faculty and Alumni News. EDITORIAL TEAM Editor-in-Chief Before you turn the page, the Editorial Team would Ms Jeannie Tsang Wing-shi（曾詠詩） like to congratulate you on your endeavours and
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STATE OF THE FACULTY ADDRESS BY THE DEAN
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, held the Faculty Graduation and Prize Presentation Ceremony at Queen Elizabeth Stadium on November 28, 2013. Dean of Medicine, Professor Gabriel M Leung (梁卓偉), delivered the State of the Faculty Address to inform his audience of the latest achievements and future plans of the Faculty.
r Ko (Wing-man), Dr (York) Chow, Professor (Sophia) First, allow me to address the raison d’être of any university – Chan, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, teaching and learning. At the beginning of the academic D colleagues, graduands, parents, distinguished guests, journey is the recruitment of the incoming class of students. ladies and gentlemen, We believe in a deliberate and proactive approach. Our overriding aim is to attract the very best individuals, and to As regular attendees of these annual graduation rituals will create the best incoming class as a whole. An example is attest, this “State of the Faculty Address” by the Dean is a the new admission policies across our five undergraduate novel insertion to an already very long set of proceedings. programmes I recently announced at the University’s For this I apologise and beg your indulgence. I believe in Information Day on November 9. To briefly recap, for our transparent governance, I believe in open communication, I flagship MBBS programme, we will be offering the all-new believe in being held accountable. Therefore I now lay before “inter-professional double degree track” where students can you, on behalf of the Faculty’s leadership, our thoughts and opt to read a Master of Public Health or a degree in Laws plans for the 2013-4 academic year. intercalated with the MBBS programme. To encourage this the Faculty will be sponsoring scholarships that will cover the To preface, the following is the culmination of detailed additional cost over and above the standard undergraduate consultation over the last few months, with a dozen annual fee. Another option is the well-established and undergraduate and postgraduate student groups, professoriate renamed “Medical Scholars Scheme” where students after staff in each individual department, and every head of their fourth year will proceed to an intercalated PhD at HKU, department or director of school. This represents our albeit with sponsored opportunities to spend a significant part collective wisdom, although responsibility for all errors and of their doctoral studies at an overseas institution. Previously misjudgements remain mine alone. students have attached to laboratories at Harvard, Yale,
2 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS preparing students from all walks, centred around the patient and adopting a caring approach to all that we do. These qualities are actually the sine qua non of a good nurse.
Once students are admitted, our duty as teachers is then to add maximum value to their total educational experience. In this respect, I am pleased to report our first exchange programme cum articulation pathway for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences course with the University of Edinburgh’s veterinary studies programme. Over seven years, successful students will acquire a state-of-the-science education in the fundamental biological sciences as well as a qualifying degree as a veterinarian. We are working hard towards expanding this pathway to include other health- related professional articulation programmes.
When I first joined the Faculty in the late 1990s, we were intensively involved in developing the first problem-based learning medical curriculum in Asia that was launched on the Faculty’s 110th anniversary. As we approach our 130th celebrations, we will be taking the opportunity to refresh our teaching programmes at the systemic level. This comes on the heel of two major external review exercises, namely the Medical Council’s accreditation visit that took place last week and the upcoming Quality Assurance Council second audit Hopkins, Columbia, Oxford and Cambridge, among others. cycle next year. In preparing for these major exercises, we Alternatively, students may now immerse themselves even more will have identified areas for improvement and our external fully in two world-class laboratories by enrolling in one of three assessors will also highlight potential areas of concern. Taken joint PhD programmes between HKU and Imperial College, together with our routine internal feedback mechanisms London; King’s College, London; and the University of Toronto. of student evaluations and peer assessments, the external reports will form the lattice for curriculum redesign. This is To fulfil our societal obligation where an education at HKU’s a substantial process that will demand a huge amount of premier faculty can continue to be the great equaliser of time and energy from the entire teaching and administrative the lottery of birth and family background, the Faculty will staff over several years. I will update you from time to time be launching the “Springboard Scholarships” in the coming throughout this common endeavour. admission cycle. Up to 10 per cent of the incoming MBBS class, who have demonstrated extraordinary resilience to With the kind understanding and endorsement of the Vice- unusual circumstances of adversity, will be awarded one Chancellor and his Senior Management Team, we will finally of these full scholarships. Dr Chow, you will particularly be on the way to resolving the perennial shortage of student appreciate that this holds tremendous promise in encouraging residential places during the clinical years for both medical diversity and maintaining equal opportunities for all. and, for the first time, nursing students. In the short term, we will be looking to allocate more places at the Patrick We will also liberalise our admission requirements for the Manson residence as well as at Lung Wah Street Residential nursing baccalaureate programme, with aspiring secondary Colleges for this purpose. For the longer term, the University school applicants no longer being restricted to those has agreed to provide for a more permanent solution at the from the science stream. Our most outstanding nursing planned High West student residences. graduates throughout the better part of a decade and a half, many shepherded by Professor Chan, who are now nurse Turning now to research and discovery. Our researchers consultants, advance practice nurses and nurse managers, did continue to outperform: not necessarily come from an exclusively science background. • Several months ago, under the leadership of Professors In fact, our BNurs programme has always taken pride in Xu Aimin（徐愛民）and Karen Lam（林小玲）, our
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Laboratory in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology received State followed by one Science, one Nature and four other Lancet Key Laboratory designation – the Faculty’s fourth. papers from the Faculty. Collectively, our colleagues literally • Vice-Chancellor, you will recall that we bore witness to defined the science of this new influenza strain, from the the signing of the signal collaborative agreement between virus’s evolutionary biology, to the clinical presentation Professor Lo Chung-mau’s（盧寵茂）Laboratory for to national policy formulation and evaluation. This has Organ Transplantation and Regeneration and Zhejiang been all the more remarkable given Hong Kong has not University’s State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment registered a single local case of the disease, so far. Such of Infectious Diseases two weeks ago in Hangzhou. is the power of teamwork within the Faculty and beyond, • Professor Irene Ng（吳呂愛蓮）has been awarded with our national counterparts! the Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship for the current academic year, her second when one is already a From a more macro perspective, I belong to the laissez faire significant achievement for any top-class scientist. school of research management, where in my view the most • Professor Guan Yi（管軼）established his third laboratory productive strategy is to provide the necessary infrastructure in Shenzhen awarded under the city’s prestigious “Peacock and reasonable resources under fair, competitive conditions, Plan” and last month received the Ho Leung Ho Lee and then leave brilliant minds to get on with it. But even Foundation Scientific and Technological Progress Award at under this rubric, one could surely still benefit from an a ceremony officiated by state leader Chen Changzhi（陳 overarching vision of what kind of research LKS Medicine 昌智）in Beijing. could gainfully engage and excel in, and how to bring out • Professor Kathryn Cheah（謝賞恩）was recently the best in those existing and emerging areas of excellence. elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, in We live in a fast-changing research ecoscape. We compete recognition of her outstanding contribution to science and not with institutions on the other side of Victoria Harbour, its promotion in the developing world. rather those that straddle the Charles River, the River Cam, the • A brand new 24-bed Phase I clinical trials facility is about to Thames and not least the tributaries of the Yangtze and Yellow commence operation at Queen Mary Hospital – of which Rivers. The last time we had a serious think about research the capital costs totalling $40M have been underwritten by as a Faculty was well over a decade ago. We will be formally government – thank you Dr Ko. submitting our returns for the 2014 Research Assessment • Through real-time, world-class scientific detective work, Exercise next week, and expect to hear feedback before the Professor KY Yuen（袁國勇）, in collaboration with summer of 2015. In tandem I will be commissioning an in- Professor Li Lanjuan（李蘭娟）of Zhejiang University, depth strategic review of our entire discovery enterprise. The led the world in publishing in the Lancet the first paper on review will probe fundamental questions such as: What are the the novel condition caused by A(H7N9) influenza. This was most impactful research questions that HKU is best placed to
4 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS answer? Where are our competitive advantages, deficits and view a principal purpose for our being in Shenzhen, that is to bottlenecks in relation to our local and global competitors? create five Areas of Excellence in service cum research. As the How should we organise and resource ourselves to achieve our Hospital continues to expand its scope and scale, for instance aims? in the recently commissioned International Medical Centre, the Faculty will, as always, provide our strongest support. At our With the transformative gift from the Li Ka Shing Foundation third planned affiliate teaching hospital in Wong Chuk Hang, fully funded, we will soon be setting up the Faculty’s first which will break ground early next year, we have worked permanent endowment fund. Our research programmes, intensively alongside the Gleneagles Hong Kong team in established or fledgling, will continue to be the major finalising the master design and layout. We are currently at beneficiaries of Mr Li’s largesse. We remain in his debt for his the stage of sorting out operational details and precise clinical generosity and for his Foundation’s flexible accommodation governance arrangements. In addition, there are preliminary of our needs, not least in leveraging the most impact from conversations involving other clinical services projects, which the donation with the government matching grant scheme. if realised will add to and complement our existing strength We share with our donor a common vision that science and in delivering comprehensive, high-quality clinical care. LKS technology underpin Hong Kong’s future. With the Li Ka Medicine engages in these various clinical ventures to serve Shing Foundation, and our partner universities in the East- our patients and the general public with two goals in mind, West Alliance which HKU convenes, we will further explore namely to enrich the learning experience for our trainees and how best to nurture not only the next generation of clinician- students and to provide access to the full spectrum of clinical scientists but, excitingly, also Hong Kong’s first generation of materials for our discovery enterprise. As with all innovative biotechnology entrepreneurs. ideas, not every one will bear fruit, in fact some may not pan out as anticipated while others will require fine-tuning. Our On clinical service I am pleased to report good progress of duty as a university is to dare to innovate and necessarily to err Queen Mary’s redevelopment with respect to planning for sometimes, in good faith, while giving our all in the process. the relocation of Microbiology and Pathology to the soon- to-be refurbished Senior Staff Quarters, where a new and Human capital is a new portfolio in the Deanery’s work. It is improved Biosafety Level 3 laboratory will be constructed. also an area where progress is the longest overdue. We are The HKU-Shenzhen Hospital is entering its 18th month of very fortunate to have been given latitude over the practice operation, where colleagues from our clinical departments professoriate career track. This new track better caters to and full-time staff of the Hospital continue to give their best clinician-educators and is identical in status and conditions to in achieving ambitious targets for the volume and quality of the classic track. In addition, a new non-tenure track option service, as quickly as possible. In parallel we keep firmly in suits the needs of many of our clinically qualified colleagues
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who may prefer to have greater flexibility in switching between who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows service settings. Our one-line budget to every department and in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the school has recently expanded through undergraduate student worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that number increases. Non-block vote funding sources have his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who diversified and stabilised, reflecting our colleagues’ superlative neither know victory nor defeat. ability to earn mega grants, deliver highly popular, oversubscribed Colleagues and students, Professor taught postgraduate programmes, Lap-Chee Tsui（徐立之）has been attract donations, and reinvest in Roosevelt’s “arena” as our Vice- outside practice income into core Chancellor since 2002. To borrow academic activities. Together these from his own analogy of university make up one-third to two-thirds of administration as a picture in departmental and school operating perspective just two days ago in his budgets. Our present challenge is to address to the Congregation, over turn these circumstantial and material the years, our Vice-Chancellor has advantages into new discoveries and never shirked responsibility as leader. the best graduating Chinese and western doctors, nurses, He has stood guard in the foreground, for instance leading pharmacists and scientists. The turnkey, as ever, is a corps of the charge against SARS soon after his arrival, commanding a professoriate and supporting staff of the first order. We will brilliant series of centenary celebration events and initiatives be putting in place, before I speak to you again at the same including the new campus extension that was completed last occasion next year, a detailed set of guidance and procedures year, and braving political headwinds while holding his head that will see the Medical Faculty become the most agile and high. But mostly he has been ever the quiet and determined competitive in recruiting and retaining talent, as well as a shepherd who has preferred to humble himself by retreating genuine meritocracy. We look forward to the continuing into the background, instead allowing the spotlight to shine support of the University Centre in this task. on his students and professors and nurturing us to greatness. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise to salute our fourteenth Ladies and gentlemen, the challenges the Faculty face are Vice-Chancellor, who is presiding over his last Faculty of enormous but worthy of our every effort, for society has Medicine Graduation Ceremony, for having given his all to entrusted its health and well-being to us. Let me close by science, to medicine and to all of us. We will always remain in quoting Teddy Roosevelt in his address to students of the his debt. Sorbonne in 1910. I hope these words will resonate with you and particularly with every graduand, as you give your best Among you graduands in the class of 2013, you have just effort rising to our collective challenge of keeping Hong Kong witnessed the newest Bachelor of Pharmacy graduate Mr healthy, in all ways: Ng Ting-fat（伍庭發）cross the stage, who has personified Roosevelt’s fighting spirit, who despite his illness, has It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out triumphed in his academic studies garnering three prizes to be how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds awarded in a moment. On behalf of us all, please allow me to could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man convey our deepest admiration and respect. who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes For you graduands, congratulations for having made it at last. short again and again, because there is no effort without Make the most of your HKU education and make us and your error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the families proud. Good luck and go forth with all my very best deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; wishes.
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6 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS SPOTLIGHT SPEECH BY DR KO WING-MAN, GUEST OF HONOUR FACULTY GRADUATION AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY 2013 QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM NOVEMBER 28, 2013
I am most delighted to be joining you all this afternoon to witness the graduation of Class 2013 of this University. Thirty two years ago, at this same auditorium, I was a member of the graduating Medic 81 Class. We were clearly told that being a medical and health professional graduate is in itself a tremendous privilege that our society has To us, the belief bestowed upon us so that we can be entrusted to take care of the health and well-being that we could make of our people through the practice of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. a difference in Like all of you, I and my fellow classmates decided to become doctors because we other people’s lives wanted to gain from our jobs something more meaningful than tangible compensation. through relief of pain To us, the belief that we could make a difference in other people’s lives through relief of pain and suffering and improving the health of our community has remained the driving and suffering and force behind our work. improving the health of our community What then are the attributes that a healthcare professional needs to possess in order has remained the to fulfill the roles and functions in protecting the health of the community, and making such a difference? There is no doubt that the community acknowledges and regards driving force behind healthcare practitioners as highly-respected professionals. At the same time, such respect our work. and recognition carries with it high expectation and responsibility. The community looks up on the profession because of the ethical duties and responsibilities that healthcare professionals bear and represent, as well as their commitment to protect and restore human well-being as their prime objective. The Hippocratic Oath states that “Medicine as a profession is distinguished from other professions by a special moral duty of care to save lives and to relieve suffering. Medical ethics emphasise the priority of this moral ideal over and above considerations of personal interests and private gains.” As healthcare practitioners, what we are dealing with is a person’s health, his or her most important asset. With such great responsibility upon us, we shall put patients’ interests
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as the first priority, ahead of our own interests and preferences. We shall also take this as the paramount core value among all other principles in our professional code of conduct. It is this degree of accountability that we can demonstrate that in turn justifies the respect and privilege given to us by the community.
In order that we are always able to act in the best interests of our patients in our practice, we need to ensure that we are competent in what we profess. At this milestone of your professional career, and after much has been done by yourselves and At this milestone of your teachers and mentors in the University, you will have to take up the initiative in the your professional pursuit of postgraduate training and lifelong continuous professional development. This is to ensure that we as healthcare practitioners, will be competent and up to date in the career, and after relevant knowledge and skills to practise generally as well as in any specific specialty. much has been With advances in medical technology and increasing community expectations over our done by yourselves healthcare services, not only are we expected to comply with the requisite Continuing and your teachers Professional Development requirements but more and more will need to comply with specific credentialing requirements for advanced or high-risk procedures. and mentors in the University, you will It is often said that medicine is not an exact science and no doubt we have all been have to take up the reminded by our teachers and mentors that we should always remember that we are treating whole people, not just the diseases. That is also one of the reasons why our initiative in the pursuit Faculty has adopted the “Problem-based Learning, or PBL” approach to clinical teaching. of postgraduate Instead of the previous organ / system approach, students are expected to deal with all training and the inter-related psycho-social issues relevant to any presenting illness of the patient. lifelong continuous It is also widely recognised that in building up a trusting relationship with patients and families, the empathy that we as healthcare practitioners demonstrate and the professional confidence and positive attitude that we inculcate in the patients are as important as our development. ability and competence in being able to make evidence-based clinical judgements and decisions, and provide rational advice to patients and families.
Apart from the very important personal attributes and aptitudes as healthcare practitioners, it is very important for us to recognise that we are working in the context of the local healthcare system, irrespective of whether we are in the public or private sector. In this regard, despite being recognised as a credible and very efficient system compared with many other countries and having remarkable indices on life expectancy, our dual track healthcare system faces serious and ever-increasing challenges. In 2012, Hong Kong spent about 5.2 per cent of its GDP on healthcare and approximately half of this was invested through public funding. The majority of OECD countries spend close to 10 per cent of GDP on healthcare. At the end of 2011, we had 1.8 doctors per 1,000 population, compared with the OECD average of 3.1 per 1,000. Approximately half of our doctors work in public healthcare. The public system, however, is providing about 90 per cent of hospital services and approximately 15 to 20 per cent of outpatient services as well as nearly all rehabilitation or long-term care services. Together with the challenges we are now facing from population growth, a rapidly ageing population, technology advancements, as well as the constant threat of serious infectious diseases, the question of long-term sustainability of the highly subsidised public healthcare system has been raised.
As a result, the workload and pressure on healthcare teams in public hospitals have been mounting and the public faces increasingly long waiting times for access to services. In seeking to ensure the balanced and healthy development for the private and
8 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS public sectors, as well as to alleviate the workload and pressure on healthcare workers in the public sector, the Government is embarking on a number of reform initiatives including the Health Protection Scheme, a review of the resource management and cluster management of the Hospital Authority, as well as a review of the manpower and professional development of the different streams of healthcare professionals. At the same time, the Hospital Authority has also implemented short and medium-term measures to help improve the manpower turnover situation and enhance the training and development opportunities of colleagues working in the public sector.
As key members of the healthcare team, all of us would certainly like to be able to provide good quality healthcare services to our patients. This is possible only if we have a system to ensure that the limited available resources are rationally deployed to enable a universal coverage for all Hong Kong people. And we need a good management system to put these available resources to the best use in supporting clinical operations and healthcare provision. Apart from equipping and preparing ourselves to be good practitioners, therefore, we also need to pay attention to how the local healthcare system is functioning and developing. We all have an important part to play in shaping our healthcare system and ensuring its healthy and sustainable development. Graduands, we Last but not least, we all work in teams side by side with each other. The provision of have all chosen a good quality healthcare services would not be possible without the contributions from other disciplines. Hence our capability to work in a team is as important as our individual profession which skills if excellence is to be achieved. It is therefore most important for us to be able to is special, well build a seamless collaboration with our teammates through good communication skills, respected, very understanding, and appreciating as well as respecting all other team members. functional and Graduands, we have all chosen a profession which is special, well respected, very capable of creating functional and capable of creating significant changes to other people’s lives. To fulfill significant changes this role, we must equip ourselves with the requisite knowledge, skills and competence, to other people’s and seek constantly to update ourselves on the most recent developments and advances. We are obliged to abide by a strict code of conduct which embodies public expectation lives. of high ethical values, protects patients’ interests and upholds professional integrity. We need to rise to the challenges of changing social values in respecting patients’ autonomy and being questioned on our long-standing authority. We need to be aware of our role and position in the healthcare system and seek to help improve that system wherever possible. We recognise that healthcare is best provided by a multidisciplinary team of which we are members.
Your senior colleagues who are still in the system demonstrated their dedication, professionalism and sense of duty to our patients and the community during the SARS outbreak in 2003. I am sure that such quality is your aspiration and such core values would similarly be upheld by all of you.
It remains for me to extend to all graduands and your loved ones my heartiest congratulations and encourage you all to embrace your future professional career as well as its uncertainties, challenges and rewards with utmost eagerness and energy. And, I look forward to constructive encounters when our paths cross in our future endeavours.
My best wishes!
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FACULTY GRADUATION AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY 2013
On November 28, 2013, over 2,000 guests, graduands and their families and friends gathered at Queen Elizabeth Stadium for the Faculty Graduation and Prize Presentation Ceremony. Officiated by Professor Lap-Chee Tsui（徐立之）, Vice-Chancellor and President, with Dr Ko Wing-man（高永文）as the Guest of Honour, the Ceremony was a memorable occasion marking the successful completion of an important stage in our graduands’ study life. Many honourable guests, such as Dr York Chow Yat-ngok（周一嶽）, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and Professor Sophia Chan（陳肇始）, Under Secretary for Food and Health of the HKSAR Government, also graced the occasion to share in the joy of the graduands.
The Dean Professor Gabriel M Leung（梁卓偉）delivered the State of the Faculty Address to chart the way forward for the Faculty in the academic year of 2014-15. Dr Ko’s inspiring speech provided invaluable advice and insight for graduands and all those who attended.
Prizes were presented to graduands with exceptional academic achievements, and to Faculty staff members in recognition of their outstanding teaching practices, research excellence, and illustrious achievements in knowledge exchange. Mr Freddie Ng Ting- fat（伍庭發）, who had been receiving prolonged medical treatment for a rare cancer, graduated with first-class honours from the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme and won three prestigious academic prizes. He was given a rapturous standing ovation by the audience, who were deeply moved by Freddie’s tremendous resilience. Freddie passed away on December 19, 2013, about three weeks after the Graduation Ceremony.
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286 1,814 2,396 1,426 THE Professoriate Staff Honorary Academic Staff Undergraduate Students Postgraduate Students
FACULTY Undergraduate Programmes (full-time) The ‘New’ The ‘Old’ Curriculum Curriculum Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total IN 2013 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 202 220 207 168 163 157 1,117 (as of December 2013) Bachelor of Nursing 191 187 212 204 195 N/A 989 Bachelor of Chinese Medicine 26 24 28 19 16 19 132 Bachelor of Pharmacy 30 26 30 22 N/A N/A 108 Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences 30 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A 50
The admission results for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programme and the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme were highly satisfactory. The average HKDSE scores (counting 4 core and 2 elective subjects) of students admitted to the two programmes ranked the top 10 of all HKU programmes.
Postgraduate Education The Faculty currently offers 21 taught postgraduate programmes. The Faculty successfully admitted 215 Research Postgraduate (RPg) students in 2013-14. Nine of our new PhD students have been awarded Hong Kong PhD Fellowships by the Research Grants Council (RGC) and six have been awarded University Postgraduate Fellowships. One PhD student won the Li Ka Shing Prize. Two PhD students received Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student Awards. Twelve RPg students gained admittance to exchange programmes at renowned universities overseas, including Johns Hopkins University, University of California (San Francisco), and School of Medicine in Stanford University, USA; University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Copenhagen, Denmark; and University of Sydney, Australia. The Faculty admitted six students to the HKU/Imperial College London joint PhD programmes.
Research Grants Research grants awarded to Faculty members totalled over HK$245.88 million. Number HK$ of Projects (Million) RGC General Research Fund/Early Career Scheme 78 64.5 National Natural Science Foundation of China/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2 2.25 National Natural Science Foundation of China 16 11.2 Health and Medical Research Fund 92 74.7 SK Yee Medical Foundation Grants 14 12.28 RGC Collaborative Research Fund 1 8 The State Key Laboratories (Funding from Innovative & Technology Fund) - 8.75 Innovative & Technology Fund 14 9.7 Others 18 54.5
Research Output The Faculty’s refereed research output saw 2,509 items produced in 2012-13, accounting for 34% of the University’s total of 7,340 refereed items. Output included important publications in The Lancet, Science, Nature and Nature Genetics. According to ISI Essential Science Indicators, Faculty members published 162 Highly Cited Papers, which accounted for 37.8% of the 429 papers from HKU.
Public Education Projects Number Public lectures / Symposia / Forums 29 Media interviews and press conferences 42 Health programmes on television and radio 77 Regular newspaper columns 98 Media coverage generated 1,949
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2013 FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION “FROM CLASSROOM TO CLINIC: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN E-LEARNING”
The Faculty’s annual flagship meeting on medical and health sciences education, The Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education 2013, was held on December 6 - 7, 2013. This year’s conference, focused on e-learning, was attended by more than 200 participants from Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region who took part in oral and poster presentations and post-conference workshops.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Amy Tsui Bik-may’s（徐碧 美）opening remarks on the emerging trends in e-learning and the potential impact of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on higher education set the tone for the conference which showcased the innovation and creativity of both local and international educators and learning designers. The main themes of the plenary sessions were innovation and exploration in e-learning; e-pedagogies and approaches to educational research; e-curriculum (technology in curriculum design); and e-assessment (use of technology in assessments). International speakers included Professor Robert Trelease (University of California, LA, USA), Dr Bernie Garrett (University of British Columbia, Canada), Mr Allan Carrington (Designing Outcomes, Australia), and Professor Geoffrey Crisp (RMIT University, Australia).
Among the many highlights during the conference, Dr Feng Yibin（馮奕斌）of the School of Chinese Medicine, Professor Khoo Ui Soon（邱瑋璇）of the Department of Pathology, Dr David Lam Chi-leung（林志良）of the Department of Medicine and Professor Lau Chak-sing 劉澤星）, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, shared their experiences with e-learning innovations currently being used with our own undergraduate students such as “Virtual Field Trips to Study Chinese Herbal Medicine”, “Virtual Microscopy Linking the Aperio ScanScope with On- line Quizzes to Enhance Learning of Pathology and Diseases”, “‘Flipping’ the Classroom to Use Lecture Time for Student Interaction”, and a Moodle module for learning Respiratory Radiology. Dr Chan Lap-ki（陳立基）of the Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education and the Department of Anatomy, and Dr Angela Leung Yee-man（梁綺雯）of the School of Nursing, shared their experiences in curriculum design with descriptions of the construction and use of the MBBS curriculum map and an online learning platform for inter-professional learning on dementia.
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Inaugural Conference at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law
The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law successfully hosted its inaugural conference on September 6 - 7 with the theme ‘The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons’, attracting more than 250 participants including government officials, medical and legal practitioners, social workers, representatives from transgender communities, academics and students from various institutions. Twenty renowned overseas and local speakers as well as Dr York Chow Yat-ngok（周一嶽）, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, delivered speeches. SEPTEMBER 6-7, 2013
Public Health Research Centre Grant Writing Workshop
The Public Health Research Centre (PHRC) organised a grant writing workshop before the General Research Family Medicine and Primary Fund and Medical and Health Research Fund exercises. Professor Rod Jackson, of The University of Auckland, Care Research Symposium shared with PHRC staff his wide experience of developing grants, which was particularly appreciated The Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care by the audience who had been working vigorously for held the Family Medicine and Primary Care Research the two exercises. Symposium on September 14 which attracted family doctors and family medicine trainees who were interested in undertaking research. A wide range of topics were covered in the plenary talks. Professor Bruce Arroll of The University of Auckland, the 2013 HKCFP Visiting Professor in Family Medicine, conducted a workshop afterwards. A forum session was held for participants to share their experiences of conducting research in clinical settings.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2013
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis Workshop
The Department of Psychiatry organised a two-day workshop entitled “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis Workshop (CBTp): Overview of Efficacy, Clinical Skills and Training” for more than 50 healthcare professionals and individuals on October 25 - 26. Dr Elaine Hunter, a clinical psychologist of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, provided the clinical skills training. The workshop was supported by the Department of Social Work and Administration, the Department of Psychology, HKU and the Hospital Authority. OCTOBER 25 - 26, 2013
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Reception for Dr Cheng Yu Tung Fellows 2013/14
The 2013/14 Reception for Dr Cheng Yu Tung Fellows took place on November 4, 2013, with Mr Peter Cheng Kar-shing 鄭家成）, son of Dr Cheng Yu-tung 鄭裕彤）, attending the event.
The 16 fellows admitted this year thanked Dr Cheng for his generosity and support for the Fellowship Scheme, which enables them to take up valuable training opportunities at the Faculty. Mr Cheng encouraged the fellows to make the best use of their learning opportunities and transfer the knowledge acquired at HKU back to their home institutions. Mr Zhang Ke 張科）, a fellow in 2007/08 who went on to become a PhD student after completing his fellowship training, also shared his experiences.
The Scheme supports up to 18 Mainland fellows annually in undertaking clinical attachment, management and research training in the departments of the Faculty. NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Information Day 2013
The HKU Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions was held on November 9, 2013. More than 7,000 visitors came to the Medical Campus. A rich plethora of activities were offered, including the very popular admission talks, consultation sessions, guided tours, clinical skills demonstrations, as well as exhibitions and theme board displays that showcased the history and excellent work of the Faculty in research, education and clinical service. More than 250 student ambassadors were enthusiastic in answering questions from visitors and eager to share their learning experiences and campus life with prospective students.
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
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The 20th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress
The 20th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress was held on November 14 - 15, 2013, at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine with the theme “New Horizons in Cancer Care”. Fifteen sessions were held with topics on cancer invasion, family medicine, targeted therapy, cancer metabolism and epigenetics, gynaecologic cancer, molecular imaging and psycho-social oncology. Fourteen renowned overseas scientists and 20 local leading practitioners delivered the lectures. The event attracted more than 1000 participants.
Four Young Investigator Awards were presented in recognition of the outstanding research work of Ms Eunice Lau Yuen-ting 劉婉婷）, Department of Pathology; Ms Stella Chai（蔡若涓）, Department of Anatomy; and Dr Andy Ho Hau-yan（何孝恩）, Centre for Behavioural Health, HKU; and Dr Chow Ka-ming 周嘉明）, Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Four Poster Prizes were awarded to Ms Leung Yuen-ping（梁苑萍）, Department of Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital; Ms Tong Man（唐旻）, Department of Anatomy, HKU; Mr Liu Xu（劉需）, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun-Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou; and Dr Loo Tjingyun（魯慶榮）, School of Chinese Medicine, HKU.
The School of Nursing hosted a symposium entitled “Contemporary Issues in Cancer Prevention and Treatment: a Nursing Perspective”. Four renowned speakers shared their research and clinical experience including Dr Janice Tsang Wing-hang（曾詠恆）, Department of Clinical Oncology, HKU; Dr Theresa Lai Tze-kwan（賴芷君）, Grantham Hospital; Ms Ellen Yeung Wai-fong（楊偉芳）, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals; and Dr William Li Ho-cheung（李浩祥）, School of Nursing, HKU. NOVEMBER 14-15, 2013
Principal Luncheon 2013 and Visit to the School of Nursing
Continuing with their excellent work to strengthen the network with secondary schools, the School of Nursing held the Principal Luncheon on November 21, 2013. The event has been held for six consecutive years. This year, 12 principals, career masters and teachers from top-ranked local secondary schools were warmly welcomed by Professor Lau Chak-sing 劉澤星）, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), and Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee 羅鳳儀）, Head of the School.
Professor Tiwari introduced the features of the Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs) Programme, and the guests exchanged their views on preparing students for nursing education, followed by a visit to the School.
Several weeks prior to the event, 20 students from True Light College visited the School and they all showed great interest in the BNurs programme. NOVEMBER 21, 2013
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Partner State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology opened at HKU
The Faculty set up a “Partner State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology” in strategic collaboration with the State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University. The Opening Ceremony was held on December 5, 2013, with the presence of guests including Dr Cao Jianlin （曹健林）, Vice Minister of The Ministry of Science and Technology; Professor Li Lu（李魯）, Director General of the Education, Science and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Mr Johann Wong Chung-yan（黃宗殷）, Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR Government; and Professor Lap-Chee Tsui（徐立之）, Vice-Chancellor of HKU. This State Key Laboratory is the fifth established at HKU. DECEMBER 5, 2013
Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2013
The Faculty Research Symposium “Frontiers Professor Batsheva Kerem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; in Biomedical Research, HKU 2013 – From Professor Victor Ling, The University of British Columbia, Canada; Gene Hunting to Genomic Medicine: a Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming（盧煜明）, The Chinese University of Celebration with Lap-Chee Tsui and Friends” Hong Kong, Hong Kong; was successfully held on December 13 and 14, Professor David L Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Professor Johanna Rommens, University of Toronto, Canada; 2013. The theme, “Genetics and Genomics”, Professor Hans-Hilger Ropers, Max Planck Institute for Molecular was set to honour the contribution of Professor Lap-Chee Tsui Genetics, Germany; 徐立之）, Vice-Chancellor of HKU, to human genetics. Professor Guy Rouleau, McGill University, Canada; Professor Stephen Scherer, University of Toronto, Canada; Fifteen renowned overseas experts including Professor Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang（譚廣亨）, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Sir John Gurdon, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology Professor Gert-Jan B van Ommen, Leiden University Medical Centre, or Medicine, and Professor Kan Yuet-wai（簡悅威）, The Netherlands; 2004 Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine, Professor Huanming Yang（楊煥明）, Beijing Genomics Institute, and four outstanding local scientists shared with the China. participants their ground-breaking discoveries. A Public Open Forum on “Genetics, Genomics and Society” Keynote speakers also include: was held on December 14 to raise public awareness. Dr Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, University of Oxford, UK ; Stephen Lam Tak-sum（林德深）, from the Clinical Genetics Professor Aravinda Chakravarti, Johns Hopkins University School of Service of the Department of Health in the HKSAR Government, Medicine, USA; representatives from organisations related to rare diseases and Professor Kathryn Song Eng Cheah（謝賞恩）, The University of secondary school students attended the forum. Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Professor Yung-chi Cheng（鄭永齊）, Yale School of Medicine, USA; Professor David Dai-i Ho（何大一）, The Aaron Diamond AIDS The symposium was very well received and attracted more than Research Centre, USA; 1,000 participants. Professor Nancy Ip Yuk-yu（葉玉如）, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;
DECEMBER 13 - 14, 2013
16 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS “FARE ∙ WELL, FANFARE”
The “FARE ∙ WELL, FANFARE” reception was held on January 23, 2014, at the Exhibition Area of the Faculty to bid farewell to Mr Anthony Wu Ting-yuk（胡定旭）, former Chairman of the Hospital Authority (HA), and to welcome Professor John Leong Chi-yan（梁智仁）as the new Chairman. Members of the Faculty and the medical profession community expressed their appreciation to Mr Wu for his contributions and met Professor Leong, a former Dean and Head of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Faculty. The evening was highlighted by the sharing by Mr Wu and Professor Leong and a slideshow of their old photos at HA or HKU. An address by the Dean Professor Gabriel M Leung（梁卓偉）and a student performance added to the memorable occasion.
JANUARY 23, 2014
Clinical Trials Centre Phase One
With the support of the Food and Health Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Hospital Authority, the HKU Clinical Trials Centre Phase One has been completed and commenced operation in February 2014.
The Clinical Trials Centre is a world standard clinical research infrastructure equipped with modern facilities and managed by a professional team and leading clinical and scientific experts. Various types of Phase One bioavailability/bioequivalence and clinical pharmacology trials on drugs can be conducted in the centre. FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Faculty Spring Reception 2014
Over 270 Faculty staff, honorary teachers, alumni, students and friends of the Faculty attended the Faculty Spring Reception to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Horse on February 12, 2014. The Dean, Professor Gabriel M Leung（梁卓偉）, expressed his gratitude to all colleagues, alumni and friends for their continuous support and contributions to the Faculty. Heads of all Departments joined Professor Leung in a toast to wish all the guests a healthy, happy and successful new year. Dr Leong Chi-hung（梁智鴻）, Chairman of the HKU Council, Professor Sophia Chan（陳肇始）, Under Secretary for Food and Health of the HKSAR Government, Dr Leung Pak-yin（梁栢賢）, Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority, Dr Cindy Lai Kit- lim（黎潔廉）, Deputy Director of Health at the HKSAR Department of Health, and the Chief Executives of different hospitals also attended.
A group of students staged an impressive lion dance performance which captivated all the guests in the evening.
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
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HEALTH EXHIBITION 2013 “ALERT FOR ALLERGIES”
The Executive Committee of Health Exhibition hosted the 27th Health Exhibition “Alert for Allergies” to raise public awareness of allergies. The annual event was held successfully in two sessions, October 12 - 13 in Admiralty and November 9 - 10, 2013 in Kowloon City, attracting about 3,000 visitors. Different activities were held, including talks by renowned healthcare professionals, family-friendly game booths and general medical check-ups for citizens. Informative leaflets and booklets about allergies were distributed at the Exhibition. Free counselling sessions were also provided by Chinese medicine practitioners.
TEDx YOUTH HONG KONG 2013
Dr Christopher See, PhD student of the Faculty, was invited to be the opening speaker for TEDxYouth Hong Kong on November 20, 2013, at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His talk, entitled “Creativity in Memory”, discussed innovative approaches to learning. The lecture featured smoke machines, henna tattoos, rap and dance. The science of these methods and the biological responses they produce were aslo explained. Dr See, together with other medical students, performed a four stage contemporary dance choreographed as a physical interpretation of mitosis.
He said, “I believe the best lecturers combine excellent scientific knowledge with creativity. Taking a ‘pop star’ approach to lectures can capture the imagination of students and show them that creativity and science go hand-in-hand.”
18 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS “IN MEMORY OF DEMENTIA”
On November 24, 2013, a group of third-year medical students held a health campaign in Mong Kok entitled “In Memory of Dementia” for their Health Advocacy Project. The nine students played interactive games with pedestrians to test their understanding on dementia. The typical symptoms of dementia were explained with posters and promotional leaflets. Mini- Mental State Examinations (MMSE) were also administered to pedestrians to test their cognitive functions.
“The problem of dementia should not be ignored as the local population is ageing. We hope to enhance public awareness of dementia so that people will pay more attention to the elderly around them,” said one of the students. This event received positive media coverage.
BONE MARROW DONATION FOR A BETTER “TO-MARROW”
On December 1, 2013, another group of third-year medical students held a campaign entitled “To-Marrow” to promote bone marrow donations. The nine students invited pedestrians in Mong Kok to make a huge handprint puzzle to support patients who were waiting for bone marrow transplantation. The painting featured a large puzzle comprised of uniquely different individual pieces symbolising that only with concerted effort from the general public can the matching process become easier. More than 300 people showed interest and support for the campaign.
“We hope this campaign can encourage people to register for bone marrow donation, so that the chance of patients finding a match can be increased and they can live a better tomorrow,” said one of the students.
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18TH RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
About 108 research postgraduate students delivered oral presentations and 188 provided poster presentations at the 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium. The event, held from December 11-12, 2013, featured nine renowned overseas and Mainland academics and 15 Faculty members who served as chairpersons, adjudicators and moderators during the symposium.
Congratulations to Miss Liang Wanling（梁婉玲）, PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, who won the Best Presentation Award. Congratulations also go to the following runners- up of the Plenary Session and awardees of the Best Poster Presentations.
PLENARY SESSION RUNNERS-UP
1st Runner-Up Miss Tong Man（唐旻）, Department of Anatomy
2nd Runner-Up Miss Chen Yingxian（陳穎嫻）, Department of Anatomy
3rd Runner-Up Miss Evelyn Tai Wing-yin（戴穎然）, Department of Physiology
Best Poster Presentations Mr Chu Tsz-long（朱子朗）, MPhil candidate, Department of Biochemistry Miss Vera Wong Hoi-hei（王愷曦）, MPhil candidate, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Miss Stella Chai（蔡若涓）, PhD candidate, Department of Anatomy Miss Guo Yingying（郭櫻櫻）, PhD candidate, Department of Anatomy Ms Lam Ching-yee（林靜宜）, MPhil candidate, School of Nursing Mr Dirkzwager Roderick Marshall, PhD candidate, Department of Biochemistry Miss Chan Lok-yung（陳樂蓉）, MPhil candidate, School of Public Health Mr Ahmed Syed Shakeel, MPhil candidate, Department of Microbiology Miss Huang Zhe（黃哲）, MPhil candidate, Department of Medicine Ms Lai Ka-wai（黎嘉慧）, PhD candidate, Department of Ophthalmology
APPLAUSE
Ms Ou Zhihua（歐芷華）, PhD candidate, School of Public Health, has been awarded the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship 2013/14 by the Research Grants Council.
Ms Joanne Ng Yui-wing（吳睿穎）, and Mr Tony Wu Kwun-yat（胡冠一）, final year MBBS students, have received the Hong Kong Outstanding Service Awards for Tertiary Students 2013, from the Hong Kong Student Services Association (HKSAA) and the Hong Kong Outstanding Tertiary Students’ Services Association (HKOTSSA).
Miss Sophia Ng（吳鈺陪）has received the Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student 2011-12 by the Graduate School, HKU, in recognition of the exceptional quality of her thesis and her outstanding performance in other academic aspects.
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CHINESE MEDICINE ALUMNI ON A SERVICE TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES
A group of Chinese medicine alumni joined a service trip held by a non-governmental organisation in Infanta, Philippines, in September 2013 to provide Chinese medicine and acupuncture treatments to those in need in the area. Services were provided in a local acupuncture clinic. Traditional Chinese medicine training programmes will also be provided for locals starting from April 2014.
HKUMAA IN HKMA SPORTS EVENTS
The University of Hong Kong Medical Alumni Association Sports Day 2013 held on November 3, 2013. The (HKUMAA) formed teams to participate in the relay race HKUMAA team was the second runner-up in the HKMA of the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) Swimming Family Sports Day 2013 race. Gala 2013 held on October 6, 2013, and HKMA Family
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PHARMACY GRADUATES AT BPHARM CAREER EVENING
The first cohort of Pharmacy graduates (BPharm 2012) returned （黎樂嶸）(relief pharmacist at community pharmacy) and Mr to HKU and attended the BPharm career evening on October Michael Chow Yee-tak（周以德）(PhD candidate at HKU) 10, 2013. Miss Chara Yip Yin-wa（葉燕華）(resident shared their experience as pharmacy interns and qualified pharmacist at hospital), Mr Peter Yuen Yan-kit（阮仁傑） pharmacists with more than 100 undergraduate students. (resident pharmacist at hospital), Mr Rocky Lai Lok-wing
CLASS REUNIONS
MBBS Class of 1966 | 47th Anniversary
1 More than forty alumni and their spouses attended a reunion dinner at HKU Alumni Association on October 31, 2013.
2 A group of alumni and their families visited the Pavilion of Prince Teng（滕王閣）in Nanchang （南昌）during their trip to Jiangxi（江西）from November 1 to 5, 2013.
3 Alumni enjoyed a visit to the Main Campus and the Centennial Campus of HKU on November 6, 2013. A highly palatable farewell dinner was held 2 3 in the evening.
MBBS Class 1973 | 40th Anniversary
1 Alumni of MBBS Class 1973 and their families joined a five-day tour to East Taiwan. 1 2 A group of alumni and their families enjoyed a one-day tour to Macau. 3 Alumni visited the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences. 4 The Grand Reunion Dinner was held on December 8, 2013, at Chiu Chow Garden with the presence of more than 110 guests, alumni and their spouses.
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22 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS HKUMAA OUTING TO LAMMA ISLAND HKUMAA organised its annual outing to Lamma Island on October 14, 2013. Over 40 alumni and their families joined the event and took two different hiking routes. They gathered at Yung Shue Wan Main Street and enjoyed home-made tofu dessert. After the walk, participants enjoyed a pleasant meal at a seafood restaurant.
MBBS Class 1998 | 15th Anniversary
About 100 alumni and their families attended the reunion of MBBS Class 1998, held on October 12, 2013, with the theme “Those were the days”.
MBBS Class 2003 | 10th Anniversary
Approximately 100 alumni of MBBS Class 2003 and their families had a wonderful evening on November 8, 2013, highlighted by a delicious reunion dinner and a slideshow of old photos.
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ALUMNI SHARING CORNER
A New Page of Life
Dr Gloria Hwang Yu-yan 黃宇欣 (MBBS 2003) and Dr Thomas Chan Sau-yan 陳守仁 (MBBS 2006)
Dr Alex Ng Lap-ki 伍立祺 (MBBS 2008) and Dr Jacqueline Sitt Ching-man 薛靜雯 (MBBS 2008) with their elder son Oliver and newborn son Oscar
林昭言, son of Dr Stewart Chan Tsz-kiu 陳子翹 Dr Lam Ka-on (MBBS 2010) and Dr Mariza Chan 林嘉安 (MBBS Hiu-yan 陳曉恩 (MBBS 2010) 2005), and Oliver Ma Chun-ho 馬俊豪 Crystal Cheung (BChinMed 2008; MChinMed 2010; 張翠萍 PhD candidate) and Lily Chan Li-li 陳莉莉 (BA 2007)
A Tradition of Service
Penny Wong Pui-yin 黃佩賢 (BNurs 2004) went on a two- week service trip to Cambodia, organised by the Caring Hands Foundation and Happy Tree, with a team of dentists and nurses to serve the women and children who had limited access to healthcare services in the villages.
Annie Yung Wai-yi 容慧儀 (BNurs 2005) joined the “MedArt Outreach Team” on a service trip to Suzhou（蘇州）in Mainland China to conduct urological investigations for orphans.
Capture the happy moments in your life and share with us! Alumni of all programmes please send photos to [email protected].
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Dr Gui Hongsheng（桂宏勝）joined the Centre of Genomic Dr Herbert Pang Hei-man（彭希文) Sciences as Postdoctoral Fellow in December 2013. joined the School of Public Health as Assistant Professor in December 2013. Dr Pang obtained Dr Michael Hsin Kuan-yew（辛光耀 his BA in Mathematics and Computer Science joined the Department of Surgery as Clinical from The University of Oxford in 2002 and Assistant Professor in November 2013. Dr PhD in Biostatistics from Yale University in 2008. He worked Hsin graduated from The University of as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biostatistics Cambridge in 1991. After the Basic Surgical and Bioinformatics at Duke University prior to his appointment Training at St Mary’s in London, he worked as a Research at HKU. His research interests include big data, biomarker Fellow at the Harvard Medical School/ Brigham and Women’s discovery in clinical studies, cancer genomics, classification and Hospital in Boston and was further trained in Cardiothoracic prediction methods, design and analysis of clinical trials, machine Surgery at the Royal Brompton, St Bartholomew’s and London learning, and meta-analysis. Chest hospitals in London. He returned to Hong Kong in 2007 focusing on General Thoracic Surgery at the Chinese Dr Sumana Sanyal joined the HKU-Pasteur Research Centre University of Hong Kong. In 2011 he joined the Toronto Lung as Research Assistant Professor in November 2013. Transplant Program for training in lung transplantation. His research interests include clinical lung transplantation, ex-vivo Ms Tam Yuen-ting（譚宛婷 joined the lung perfusion and metabolomics. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy as Lecturer in November 2013. Ms Tam Dr Brian Lang Hung-hin（梁熊顯 joined obtained her bachelor degree at The the Department of Surgery as Clinical University of Sydney and worked in various Associate Professor in September 2013. hospitals and retail settings as a clinical pharmacist in Sydney. He returned to Hong Kong in 1999 after She returned to Hong Kong in 2007 for her Master’s degree graduating with honours from The University at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has since then of Sydney. He became Chief of Endocrine Surgery in 2007 worked as a pharmacist at the University Health Service in and consultant surgeon in 2011 and the international guest HKU. Her main interests are geriatric pharmacy services, scholar of the American College of Surgeons in 2012. His medication reconciliation and effective communication on the main research interests are endocrine oncology, surgical use of medications. diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, endocrine pancreas and adrenal glands, as well as surgical management of multiple Dr Molly Wong Pui-man（黃佩文 joined endocrine neoplasia syndromes. the Department of Biochemistry as Lecturer and Honorary Assistant Professor in August Professor Lao Lixing（勞力行 joined 2013. Dr Wong obtained her PhD degree the School of Chinese Medicine as Director in Biological Sciences at The University of in 2013. Professor Lao graduated from Cambridge in 2009. She completed her placement training in Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese GlaxoSmithKline in Stevenage, UK. She is involved in teaching Medicine (TCM) in 1983 and completed Common Core Courses and biochemistry courses. Her current his PhD in Physiology at The University of Maryland (UMD) research interests are hematopoiesis and leukemia. in 1992. Prior to his appointment at HKU, Dr Lao was a Professor and Director of the TCM programme at the Centre Dr Stanley Wong Sau-ching（黃守正 for Integrative Medicine in UMD. Professor Lao has practised joined the Department of Anaesthesiology as acupuncture and Chinese medicine for over 30 years. His Clinical Assistant Professor in August 2013. research interests include pain, pre-clinical and clinical After obtaining his MBBS from HKU in 2007, studies on acupuncture and Chinese medicine as well as Dr Wong worked as a resident anaesthetist translational studies. at Queen Mary Hospital. He is interested in clinical and basic research in the management and mechanisms of pain.
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Dr Connie Woo Wai-hong（胡偉康 joined the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy as Research Assistant Professor RETIREMENT in November 2013. She completed her The Faculty would like to thank Professor Sarah Morag pharmacy training in the USA and MPhil McGhee（麥潔儀 of the School of Public Health for her study in Pharmacology at HKU. In 2007, after obtaining a PhD dedication and contributions to the Faculty. We wish her all degree in Canada, Dr Woo went to Columbia University in the best for her future endeavours. New York City for her postdoctoral training. She is interested in the molecular relationship between inflammatory pathways and metabolic diseases.
GOODBYE We would like to express our gratitude and best wishes to the following staff members who have left or will be leaving the Faculty:
Dr Wang Peigang（王培剛 , HKU-Pasteur Research Centre; Dr Francois Kien, HKU-Pasteur Research Centre; Dr Vincent Lai（黎永信 , Department of Diagnostic Radiology; Dr Kathy Wong Cheuk-kei（黃卓琦 , Department of Diagnostic Radiology.
CONGRATULATIONS
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
Dr Danny Chan（陳振勝）, Associate Professor Dr Stephanie Ma Kwai-yee（馬桂宜）, of the Department of Biochemistry, has been previously Assistant Professor of the Department promoted to Professor. of Clinical Oncology, has been appointed Assistant Professor of the Department of Anatomy. Dr David Chan Wai（陳衛）, Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Dr Man Kwan（萬鈞）, Associate Professor of Gynaecology, has been promoted to Assistant the Department of Surgery, has been promoted to Professor. Professor.
Dr Martin Cheung Chi-hang（張知恆）, Dr Julian Alexander Tanner, Assistant Professor previously Research Assistant Professor of the of the Department of Biochemistry, has been Department of Biochemistry, has been appointed promoted to Associate Professor. as Assistant Professor of the Department of Dr Eva Tang Hoi-ching（鄧凱澄）, Research Anatomy. Assistant Professor of the Department of Dr Ching Yick-pang（程翼鵬）, Assistant Pharmacology and Pharmacy, has been promoted Professor of the Department of Anatomy, has been to Assistant Professor. promoted to Associate Professor. Dr Zhu Huachen（朱華晨）, Research Assistant Dr James Ho Chung-man（何重文）, Clinical Professor of the School of Public Health, has been Assistant Professor of the Department of Medicine, promoted to Assistant Professor. has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
The following professors retired from the Faculty have been Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse（楊紫芝）, Emeritus conferred the title of Emeritus Professor by HKU: Professor and Honorary Clinical Professor of the Department of Medicine, has been conferred the degree of Honorary • Professor Vivian Chan Nap-yee（陳立怡）, Chair of Doctorate by Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Molecular Medicine from July 1993 to June 2010; • Professor Anthony Johnson Hedley, Chair of Dr Zhu Huachen（朱華晨）, Assistant Professor of the School Community Medicine from July 1988 to April 2010; of Public Health, has received the Outstanding Research Award • Professor Lai Kar-neng（黎嘉能）, Chair of Nephrology at the Options for Control of Influenza VIII Conference. from September 1997 to June 2011; At the 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic • Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen（梁憲孫）, Chair of Association, Haematology and Oncology from July 1999 to September 2013; • the paper entitled “Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis • Professor William Ignace Wei（韋霖）, Chair of in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Otolaryngology from December 1991 to June 2012. Study” by Dr Jason Cheung Pui-yin（鍾培言）, Dr Dino Samartzis and Professor Kenneth Cheung Man- Dr Chan Wai-chi（陳偉智）, Clinical Associate Professor of chee（張文智）of the Department of Orthopaedics and the Department of Psychiatry, has received the Outstanding Traumatology, and Dr Kathryn Song Eng Cheah（謝賞 Paper Presentation Award from the Hong Kong Association of 恩）, Dr Song Youqiang（宋又强）and Professor Danny Gerontology at the 20th Annual Congress of Gerontology. Chan（陳振勝）of the Department of Biochemistry and Professor Annie Cheung Nga-yin（張雅賢）, Clinical collaborators, has been awarded the Arthur R. Hodgson Professor of the Department of Pathology, has been elected as Award for Best Clinical Paper; President, Hong Kong College of Pathologists (2013-15). • the paper entitled “Identification of Novel Serum ‘Metabolomic’ Biomarkers Related to the Development Professor Guan Yi（管軼）, Daniel CK Yu Professor in of Lumbar Disc Degeneration” by Dr Dino Samartzis, Virology and Professor of the School of Public Health, has Professor Keith Luk Dip-kei（陸瓞驥）and Professor been awarded the Prize for Scientific and Technological Kenneth Cheung Man-chee（張文智）of the Department Achievements by the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, in of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and Professor Danny recognition of his outstanding research achievements in Chan（陳振勝）of the Department of Biochemistry and microbiology and virology. collaborators, has been awarded The Best Basic Science Professor Mary Ip Sau-man（葉秀文）, Mok Hing- Paper Award for Associate Member; yiu Professor and Chair Professor in Respiratory Medicine, • the paper entitled “Comparison of Blood Transfusion Department of Medicine, has been awarded the Asian Pacific Requirements Using Patient-specific Instrument, Society of Respiratory Medal at the 18th Congress of the Asian Conventional Instrument, and Computer Navigation in Total Pacific Society of Respirology, in recognition of her contributions Knee Arthroplasty” by Dr Chan Ping-keung（陳秉強）, Dr to the advancement of respirology in the Asia-Pacific Region. Yan Chun-hoi（忻振凱）, Professor Peter Chiu Kwong- yuen（曲廣運）and Dr Ng Fu-yuen（吳富源）, of the Professor Jin Dongyan（金冬雁）and Professor Danny Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, has been Chan（陳振勝）, Department of Biochemistry, have been awarded the Arthur Yau Award for Best Clinical Paper. awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowships 2014-2015 by the Croucher Foundation. The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine has awarded Dr Jason Cheung Pui-yin（鍾培言）, Clinical Assistant Professor of Professor Hextan Ngan Yuen-sheung（顏婉嫦）, Chair the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Gold Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Medal for the 2013 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees Gynaecology, has been awarded the Gold Medal by the for the paper entitled “Verifying and Defining Developmental International Society of the Study of Trophoblastic Diseases, Spinal Stenosis: an MRI-based Study”, co-authored with Dr in recognition of her contributions to the knowledge of Dino Samartzis and Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee trophoblastic diseases. （張文智）of the same department, and other collaborators. Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee（羅鳳儀）, Professor and Head of the School of Nursing, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Academy on Violence and Abuse. * In alphabetical order of last name
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To keep the Hong Kong community informed of the latest for students of the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme as well as developments in health-related issues, and to encourage a the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences programme. The Faculty healthy lifestyle, the Faculty has contributed to TV and radio also lined up interviews with colleagues for their expertise programmes and produced regular health columns in local and comments on multiple sclerosis, stem cell therapy, avian newspapers including the Oriental Daily News 《東方日報醫健 influenza A(H7N9) virus as well as other health-related issues. 寶庫系列》 (Saturdays) and am730《香港大學李嘉誠醫學院婦 產科系列》及《兒童及青少年科學系列》 (Mondays). Please The Faculty assisted students in organising the Health Exhibition visit our Knowledge Exchange - Engaging the Community 2013 “Alert for Allergies” and a series of Health Advocacy section at http://www.med.hku.hk to find out more. Projects. Within the reported period, five press releases were issued on various topics. The events attracted positive media The Faculty organised media gatherings to announce the latest coverage. undergraduate admission arrangements, new initiatives of the undergraduate programmes and new exchange opportunities Recent Faculty press events include:
20 New articulation arrangements between 2 Biomedical Sciences of HKU and Veterinary HKU establishes a “Partner State Key Laboratory Studies of The University of Edinburgh are set of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology” in strategic up to enable students to earn two degrees in collaboration with the State Key Laboratory seven years. of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing 港大生物醫學課程銜接英國愛丁堡大學獸醫課程， University. 學生七年內可獲兩學位 港大與南京大學醫藥生物技術國家重點實驗室聯合 設立「生物醫藥技術國家重點實驗室夥伴實驗室」 9 HKU discovers a new genetic variant associated with an increased risk of lumbar disc degeneration. The research was published in December Journal of Clinical Investigation. 港大發現一種新的基因差異，令罹患椎間盤退化症 10 的風險顯著增高，研究於《臨床研究期刊》發表 HKU and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine sign the Memorandum of Understanding to further strengthen collaborative research activities among the two institutes. 港大與英國倫敦大學衞生及熱帶醫學院簽署合作備 忘，加強雙方於科研上的交流 12 11 Nobel laureate and Cloning Technology HKU and the Board of Management of the pioneer Professor Sir John Gurdon speaks at the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries set up the Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2013 and Memorial Wall and Ashes Scattering Programme shares his research findings about stem cells in a for HKU Silent Mentors. media interview. 港大與華永會合作推行「大體老師」紀念牆壁及撒 諾貝爾獎得主、複製之父約翰 ． 格登爵士於「二 放骨灰計劃 零一三年香港大學生物醫學研究論壇」發表演講， 31 並於傳媒訪問中分享他在幹細胞方面的研究 HKU Public Health Research Centre announces 17 the latest research findings on the avian HKU and Institut Pasteur sign a new research influenza A(H7N9) virus. The study was agreement to establish the HKU-Pasteur published in the Lancet. Research Pole under the School of Public Health. 港大公共衞生研究中心公布甲型禽流感（H7N9） 港大與巴斯德研究院更新合作協議，成立香港大學- 病毒最新研究結果，研究於《刺針》發表 巴斯德研究中心 (公共衞生學院轄下)
28 MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS IN REMEMBRANCE
Dr George Cho Nim-kwok 曹念國 (MBBS 1977), an outstanding alumnus whose lifelong dedication to serving the grassroots in the society has warmed the hearts of many in the city.
Dr George Choa Wing-sien 蔡永善 (MBBS 1947), one of Hong Kong’s earliest specialists in Otolaryngology who was highly-respected for his tremondous commitment and dedication to social services. The Faculty is grateful for his unfailing support as our Honorary teacher for more than half of a century.
Dr Ko Wai-keung 高偉強 (MBBS 1972), a dedicated alumnus in Paediatrics and a dedicated deacon well remembered in the church community.
Dr Peter Lee Chung-yin 李仲賢 (MBBS 1952), a staunch supporter of HKU and the Faculty who had made substantial contributions to the Hong Kong medical sector, especially in raising its international status. His lifelong dedication to the medical profession and education has earned the faithful respect from local and international communities.
Professor Lee Shiu-hung 李紹鴻 (MBBS 1958, MD 1992), former Director of Health of the HKSAR Government and a specialist in public health, occupational health and administrative medicine, who had made significant contributions to the medical sector in Hong Kong for more than 50 years.
Mr Freddie Ng Ting-fat 伍庭發 (BPharm 2013), a graduate who successfully finished his degree with excellent results despite illnesses. He demonstrated remarkable tenacity and resilience amidst adversities. His fleeting but meaningful life has inspired many people.
Dr Wong Bing-lai 黃炳禮, a benevolent philanthropist and a long-time donor for HKU and the Faculty, whose generosity had benefitted especially the fields of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nursing and Chinese Medicine.
Dr Anna Yung Hiu-yan 容曉茵 (MBBS 1979), a devoted alumna in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a well- respected Oxfam Trailwalker and Trailwalker supporter at the Hong Kong Medical Association, inspiring many generations of doctors in Trailwalker and community services.
(*In alphabetical order of last name)
CORRECTIONS Feature Alumni News The article on the new Dean and the four Associate Deans of the The list of 2013 Government Honours published in the last issue Faculty in the last issue (Volume 18, Issue 2, page 5) misstated a (Volume 18, Issue 2, page 17) missed two awardees who are name. The name of the Associate Dean (Research) is Professor alumni of the Faculty. They were Professor Joseph Lau Wan- Leung Suet-yi（梁雪兒）, not Professor Shirley Leung Suet-yi. yee（劉允怡）(MBBS 1972), who received the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) and Professor Wong Tze-wai（黃子惠） (MBBS 1975) who received the Medal of Honour (MH).
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