14 April 2007 (Sat)
14:15 14:45

Registration
Lift Lobby, G/F, William M.W. Mong Block

14:45-15:00

Opening & Signing Ceremony

Public Lectures

15:00-15:45

Public Lecture I
Hepatitis in Asia and its Complications
Professor CL Lai [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
The University of Hong Kong

Chairman : Professor YL Lau, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU

15:45-16:15

TEA BREAK

16:15-17:00

Public Lecture II
Cervical Cancer: A Model for Understanding the Causes of Cancer and How to Use Modern Science to Eliminate the Disease
Professor Michael Botchan
University of California, Berkeley

Chairman : Professor PC Ho, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, HKU


15 April 2007 (Sun)

08:30-09:00

Registration
Lift Lobby, G/F, William M.W. Mong Block

Scientific Meetings on INFECTION
Chairman : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU

09:00-09:25

The Transmission of STD from Mother to Child
Dr Joanne Embree [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
University of Manitoba

09:25-09:50

Defining Host Immune Responses during Presymptomatic and Asymptomatic Phases of Human Viral Infections
Dr David J. Kelvin
Shantou University

09:50-10:15

How Intracellular Pathogens Manipulate Host Cell Biology and Innate Immunity to Promote Pathogenesis
Professor Daniel Portnoy [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
University of California, Berkeley

10:15-10:40

Do Mosquitos Cause SLE?
Professor Ken Smith [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
University of Cambridge

10:40-11:10

TEA BREAK

Chairman : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU

11:10-11:35

HIV-1 Trends, Risk Factors and Control in India
Dr. Prabhat Jha
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

11:35-12:00

Global Population Mobility and its Role in the International Spread of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Kamran Khan
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

12:00-12:25

Confronting the Threat of Avian Flu H5N1
Professor Malik Peiris
Institut Pasteur/ The University of Hong Kong

12:25-12:50

HIV Drug Resistance
Dr. Nancy Shulman
Stanford University

12:50-14:00

LUNCH
Scientific Meetings on CANCER
Chairman : Professor SYK Law, Department of Surgery, HKU

14:00-14:25

Dying with Dignity - A Contemporary Challenge in Palliative Cancer Care
Dr Harvey Chochinov [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
University of Manitoba

14:25-14:50

Genetic Study of Esophageal Cancer in High Risk Chaoshan Population of China
Professor Min Su
Shantou University

14:50-15:15

Cervical Cancer and Papilloma Virus: Targets for Small Molecule-drug Therapy
Professor Michael Botchan
University of California, Berkeley

15:15-15:45

TEA BREAK

Chairman : Professor LC Chan, Department of Pathology, HKU

15:45-16:10

Metalloproteinase Inhibitors as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer: Getting it Right
Professor Gillian Murphy [view video by Realplayer] Download Real Player
University of Cambridge

16:10-16:35

Nasopharyngeal Cancer: The Role of Surgeons
Professor William Wei
The University of Hong Kong

16:35-17:00

Plasma Nucleic Acids as a Novel Class of Tumour Markers
Professor Dennis Lo
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

17:00-17:25

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Asian-Americans
Dr. James Ford
Stanford University