Our Mission
This program is a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional program involving The University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Baptist University in collaboration with relevant departments of the Hong Kong SAR Government including, Health, Agriculture, Food & Environmental Hygiene, Centre for Health Protection and the Hospital Authority.
The overarching goal of the program is to enhance public and animal health by developing a multi-disciplinary influenza research program of international excellence through the integration of basic, clinical and epidemiological research spanning the animal-human interface, thereby also enhancing capacity to confront other emerging viral pathogens.