Our Team

SCRMC is composed of a diverse group of over 70 HKU faculty members from 16 Departments who are grouped into 8 internal programs.

Director

 
Professor Ronald Li                 
Drs. S.Y. and H.Y. Cheng Endowed Professor in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Physiology
Deputy Director 

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Professor Godfrey CF Chan
Assistant Dean
Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Management Committee  
 Camie Chan
Dr Camie Chan

Assistant Professor
Departments of Anatomy and Medicine
 Barbara Chan
Dr Barbara Chan
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
 Kenneth Cheung
Professor Kenneth Cheung

Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Deputy Chief, Division of Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
 
Professor William Yeung
Professor, Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology

 


Professor Allan Lau
Professor, Department of Paediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine

 
Professor Sydney Tang
Professor, Department of Medicine

 Chak Sing Lau
Professor CS Lau

Professor, Chair of Rheumatology and
Clinical Immunology
Department of Medicine
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Professor Hung-Fat Tse
William MW Mong Professor in Cardiology
Deputy Director of Institute of Cardiovascular
Science and Medicine

Dr Ray Ng

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
 
Dr Mai-har Sham
Associate Professor, Head,
Department of Biochemistry

Human and Adult and Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Core Facility
Dr Ken Chan
Chief Scientific Officer
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Dr Marco Kong
Theme-based Research Scheme
Heart Project Manager
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Dr Ellen Poon
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr Ryan Gao
Operating Officer


Senior Advisory Committee

Professor Kathryn Cheah
Chair, Department of Biochemistry, HKU

Professor Sum Lee
Dean, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Professor Karen Lam
Head, Department of Medicine, HKU
Director, Research Center for Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, HKU

Professor Paul Tam
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Chair of Paediatric Surgery, HKU

External Senior Advisory Committee  

Professor Kenneth R. Boheler
Head, Molecular Cardiology
National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health
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Professor Douglas A. Melton
Co-Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute


Professor Kenneth R. Chien
Director, MGH Cardiovascular Research Center
Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Professor David Scadden
Co-Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Director, MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine
Co-Chair, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University

Professor Roger J. Hajjar
Director, Cardiovascular Research Center
Arthur & Janet C. Ross Endowed Professor of Medicine,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM)


Professor Patrick Tam
Deputy Director, Children's Medical Research Institute,
Head, Embryology Research Unit
The University of Sydney

Visiting/Honorary Professors
 
Professor Kenneth R. Boheler
Head, Molecular Cardiology
National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health

Professor Chi-Wai Eric So
Professor and Chair in Leukaemia Biology
Head, Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Group,
Department of Haematological Medicine,
King's College London, The University of London
 
Professor Kenneth R. Chien
Director, MGH Cardiovascular Research Center
Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Professor Patrick Tam
Deputy Director, Children's Medical Research Institute,
Head, Embryology Research Unit
The University of Sydney

Dr Kevin Costa
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiovascular Cell and Tissue Engineering.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM)

Professor Connie Eaves
Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia

Dr Zhong Wang
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute