Back to the Future: Where Dreams Become Reality will bring opportunities to work in larger spaces and with a larger population base, providing rich opportunities for research and teaching. Current and past deans have all been united in one purpose: to pursue excellence and advance the standing of the Faculty. They also share dreams and expectations for the Faculty moving forward. ‘Our vision should be global, particularly in research and teaching. Having said that, we must not forget that our roots are in Hong Kong and Mainland China. We should do our best to facilitate medical development here and promote the application and commercialisation of our research so more patients and people would benefit,’ Professor Young said. Professor Leong concurs. ‘Innovation must be an ongoing mission. Otherwise, staff morale will fall and so will the standard on all fronts. It requires a lot of resources to achieve, not only funding but physical space, hardware and departmental structure.’ Professor Chow believes the Faculty is on the right track. FEATURE If any word can summarise the Faculty’s current and future state, it is ‘expansion’, be it physical space, students and staffing, programmes, and opportunities. The lack of space that plagued the Faculty throughout most of its history is finally being addressed with new developments that not only meet current needs (net floor space will expand by 50% by 2027) but offer the chance to grow our capacity for discovery, such as the Centre for Clinical Innovation and Discovery & Institute of Cancer Care that will open at Grantham Hospital by 2024/5. Similarly, developments at the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital and new campus in Shenzhen ‘Our vision should be global, particularly in research and teaching. Having said that, we must not forget that our roots are in Hong Kong and Mainland China. We should do our best to facilitate medical development here and promote the application and commercialisation of our research so more patients and people would benefit.’ Professor Rosie Young ‘Research is of course very important, as is the commercialisation of research outcomes to benefit more patients and the general public. The next thing to consider is service delivery.’ Professor Chow Shew-ping ↑Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H) 醫衞大數據深析實驗室 14
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