Medical Faculty News v25i1

Congratulations to Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang to be awarded the EUPSA Rebhein Medal 2020 Professor Xu Aimin wins Gold Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang (譚廣亨) , Li Shu-Pui Professor in Surgery, Director of Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, HKU-Karolinska Institutet Collaboration in Regenerative Medicine, and Chair of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery will be presented EUPSA (European Paediatric Surgeon’s Association) Rebhein Medal for the year 2020, in recognition of his contribution to the research of developmental biology, paediatric surgery, immunology and genomics. Professor Tam is the first scholar in Asia to receive the EUPSA Rebhein Medal. 譚廣亨教授（李樹培基金教授(外科)、香港大學–卡羅琳斯卡學院再生醫學合作計劃李達三 博士研究中心主任、外科學系小兒外科講座教授）將獲歐洲小兒外科醫生協會頒授2020年 度的Rebhein卓越成就獎。譚教授是首位獲得該殊榮的亞洲學者。 Professor Xu Aimin （徐愛民） , Director of State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Chair of Metabolic Medicine of the Department of Medicine and his research team were awarded the Gold Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG2019) in April 2019. Professor Xu and his team have developed a novel method for risk predication and accurate diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes by measuring enzymatic activities and protein concentrations of neurophil elastase (NE) and proteinase 3 (PR3) in human plasma. 徐愛民教授（內科學系代謝醫學講 座教授、生物醫藥技術國家重點實 驗室主任）與團隊研發，通過測量 人體血漿中神經細胞彈性蛋白 酶 （NE）和蛋白 酶 3（PR3）的 酶 活性 和蛋白質濃度，來預測風險並準確 診斷自身免疫性糖尿病的方法， 於2019年4月榮獲第47屆日內瓦 國際發明展覽會金獎。 Dr Donald Li Kwok-tung is recipient of World Outstanding Chinese Doctor Award Dr Donald Li Kwok-tung (李國棟) (MBBS1980), Honorary University Fellow of HKU (2015) and Honorary Professor of The Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, was one of the recipients of The World Outstanding Chinese Doctor Award Fok Ying-Tung Prize at the World Association of Chinese Doctors Annual Conference held on September 21, 2019 in Qingdao, Mainland China, in recognition of his remarkable achievements, not only for his dedication as a respected specialist in Family Medicine, but also for his immense and diverse contributions to public health and social well-being of the Chinese community and beyond. 港大名譽大學院士及醫學院家庭醫學及基層醫療學系名譽教 授李國棟醫生(MBBS 1980)，於2019年9月21日在山東青島 舉行的世界華人醫師年會開幕式上，獲頒「世界傑出華人醫師 霍英東獎」。 46 Honours and Awards