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
- Prof S Akira, Osaka University
- Prof Ann Arvin, Stanford University
- Prof NM Ferguson, Imperial College, London
- Prof J Farrar, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City and University of Oxford.
- Prof J Goudsmit, Chief Scientific Officer, Crucell
- Dr John Mc Cauley, WHO Influenza Collaborating Centre, London
- Dr Stuart Haslam, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London
- Prof M von Itzstein, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Queensland
- Prof Anne Kelso, Director, WHO Influenza Collaborating Centre, Melbourne
- Prof M Lipsitch, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
- Prof RJ Mason, National & Jewish Medical Research Center, Denver
- Dr Nguyen Viet Khong, National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Prof A Rambaut, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Steven Riley, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London
- Dr GJ Smith, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
- Dr M Uiprasertkul, Department of Pathology, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Prof RG Webster, WHO Influenza Collaborating Center, Memphis