Organization



Management Board

AoE Project Coordinator: Prof Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris

Group leaders:

Prof Y Guan, School of Public Health, HKU

Prof YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU

Prof N Ip, Division of Life Science, HKUST

Prof PKS Chan, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Department of Primary Care, CUHK

Dr HL Chen, Department of Microbiology, HKU

Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health, HKU




Scientific Advisory Board

Sir Roy Anderson, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health Imperial College, London, UK

Prof Peter C Doherty, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Prof Siamon Gordon, Glaxo Wellcome Professor Emeritus of Cellular Pathology at the University of Oxford.

Prof Edward C Holmes, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at The Pennsylvania State University

Prof Ab. DME Osterhaus, Department of Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

Prof Sir John Skehel, Former Director, MRC National Institute for Medical Research National Institute for Medical Research




AoE Themes



Theme 1. Ecology, evolution and inter-species transmission of influenza viruses

Leader:
Prof Yi Guan, School of Public Health, HKU

Investigators:
Dr Honglin Chen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Prof Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr Huachen Zhu, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr Tommy Lam, School of Public Health, HKU

Theme 2: Pathogenesis, Host responses and innate immunity

Leader:
Prof Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Prof N Ip, Division of Life Science, HKUST

Investigators:
Prof R Bruzzone, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr Michael Chan,School of Public Health, HKU
Dr HL Chen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Prof Yi Guan, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr Xuechen Li, Department of Chemistry, HKU
Dr Jenny Lam,Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, HKU
Dr Chris Mok,School of Public Health, HKU
Prof JM Nicholls, Department of Pathology, HKU
Prof HB Peng, Division of Life Science, HKUST
Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof PC Shaw, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
Prof SW Tsao, Department of Anatomy, HKU
Dr WW Tu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Prof Ricky NS Wong, Department of Biology, HKBU
Dr HL Yen, School of Public Health, HKU

Theme 3: Epidemiology, field studies and modeling of human and animal influenza

Leader:
Dr BJ Cowling, School of Public Health, HKU

Investigators:
Dr SSS Chiu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Prof Yi Guan, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr CM Wong, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr JT Wu, School of Public Health, HKU

Theme 4: Clinical studies, diagnostics and therapeutics

Leaders:
Prof PKS Chan, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Department of Primary Care, CUHK

Investigators:
Dr HL Chen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Dr SSS Chiu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Prof Yi Guan, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof D Hui, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Department of Primary Care, CUHK
Dr RYT Kao, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Prof N Ip, Division of Life Science, HKUST
Prof YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, School of Public Health, HKU
Dr WW Tu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU

Theme 5: Antiviral immunity and vaccine development for control of human and animal infection

Leaders:
Dr HL Chen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health, HKU

Investigators:
Prof BJ Zheng, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Prof KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU
Dr JD Huang, Department of Biochemistry, HKU
Prof Yi Guan, School of Public Health, HKU
Prof YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
Dr WW Tu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU


International Research Collaborators