Medical Faculty News v25i1

Honours & Awards Congratulations to Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse on receiving HKU Honorary University Fellowship Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse (楊紫芝) , Emeritus Professor, was conferred an Honorary University Fellowship by HKU, in recognition of her contributions to the University and to the community on September 18, 2019. Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse (MBBS 1953; MD 1959; HonDSc 1995) is a world-renowned medical educationist and researcher, and one of the foremost authorities on endocrinology globally. She joined the Department of Medicine in 1954, and was appointed Professor of Medicine in 1974. In 1983, she became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, the first woman to hold the position. From 1985 to 1993, she served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University. One of the world’s leading authorities in endocrinology, Professor Young has published over 100 papers in international peer review scientific journals, in endocrinology, diabetes, and carbohydrate metabolism. She had made immense contributions to research in diabetes mellitus, carbohydrate metabolism in liver disease, thyrotoxicosis and thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. Professor Young has served as chairperson of many advisory bodies, such as the Medical Council of Hong Kong, the Working Party on Primary Health Care, and the Education Commission, and as a member of the Working Party on Postgraduate Medical Education and Training, the Council of the Hong Kong College of Physicians and the Hospital Authority. Professor Young was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1971, and awarded an OBE in 1987, CBE in 1996, GBS in 2002 and GBM in 2018. 楊紫芝榮休教授於2019年9月18日獲香港大學頒授名譽大學 院士銜，以表揚她對大學及社會的貢獻。楊教授是世界知名 醫學教育家及研究學者，也是國際內分泌學權威。她於1983 年獲任命為醫學院院長，是第一位擔任該職位的女性，並於 1985至1993年間，先後擔任港大副校長及高級副校長。楊教 授亦熱心社會事務，曾在多個政府委員會中擔任主席，包括香 港醫務委員會、基層健康服務工作小組及教育統籌委員會，亦 是醫療研究教育及培訓工作小組、香港內科醫學院院務委員 會及醫院管理局的成員。 44 Honours and Awards