Medical Faculty News v25i1

School of Public Health Supportive of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Day With their common goal of cultivating a healthy and harmonious society in Hong Kong, the School of Public Health engages in a longstanding and fruitful partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). On May 18, 2019, Professor Gabriel Leung (梁卓偉) , Dean of Medicine, and academic members of the School including Professor Lam Tai-hing (林大慶) , Sir Robert Kotewall Professor in Public Health and Chair Professor of Community Medicine; Dr Michael Ni Yuxuan (倪宇軒) , Clinical Assistant Professor; Dr Quan Jianchao (全劍超) , Clinical Assistant Professor; and Dr Ryan Au Yeung Shiu-lun (歐陽兆倫) , Assistant Professor, attended The Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Day to show their support for HKJC’s commitment and continued contributions to the local community. The University of Hong Kong-University of Macau Joint Symposium on Biomedical Sciences The School of Biomedical Sciences, HKUMed and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau held “The University of Hong Kong-University of Macau Joint Symposium on Biomedical Sciences” on April 12, 2019, with over 120 participants. The event provided an excellent platform for researchers to exchange their research ideas and enhance research collaborations between the two universities. Talks were delivered by six HKU and five University of Macau academic staff members, including Professor Garry Wong (黃 值 富) , Dr Guokai Chen (陳國凱) , Dr Terence Poon (潘全威) , Dr Yunlu Dai (代雲路 ) and Dr Sup Shim Joong (沈仲燮) . Croucher Advanced Study Institute-Frontiers in Aging and Longevity A total of 50 local and international scientists were selected to join the Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Frontiers in Aging and Longevity, a three-day teaching activity funded by the Croucher Foundation on May 26- 28, 2019. Lectures were delivered by five world-renowned scholars: Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte , Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA; Professor Vera Gorbunova , University of Rochester, USA; Professor John Sedivy , Brown University, USA; P rofessor Seung-Jae Lee , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea; and Professor Guanghui Liu (劉光慧) , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mainland China. Various topics related to aging and longevity were covered. 66 Inside The Faculty