Research
Publications and Achievements

Teams:

Professor Albert Chan Chi-yan, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, and Professor Chiang Chi-leung, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Special Grand Prize – Prize of the Delegation of Malaysia and Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024) 
  

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Professor Chu Hin, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Professor Hou Yuxin, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Professor Kok Kin-hang, Professor Zhu Zheng, Professor Chu Hin, Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang, Professor Yuan Shuofeng and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• 2020 Best Papers Award (First Place) from the Emerging Microbes and Infections Journal (2021)

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Professor Yuan Shuofeng, and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics,

School of Clinical Medicine; Dr Ye Zi-wei, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Professor Cui Sheng, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College 

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Michael Chan Chi-wai and Professor Rachel Ching Hiu-ha, School of Public Health

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Michael Chan Chi-wai and Professor Kenrie Hui Pui-yan, School of Public Health 

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Chen Honglin, Professor Wang Pui, Professor Chen Zhiwei and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at the 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2021)

Professor Chen Zhiwei, Professor Zhou Jingying, Professor Tan Zhiwu, Professor Wong Yik-chun, Professor Chen Honglin, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Professor Liu Li, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Bronze Medal award in the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Professor Prudence Cheung Wing-hang and Mr Lester Wong Po-kwan, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Best Clinical Paper Award 1st Prize at the AO Spine Asia Pacific East Asia Conference 2022 by the AO Spine Asia Pacific (2022)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin and Professor Prudence Cheung Wai-hang, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Paper Award at the Global Spine Congress in Bangkok (2024)
• Best Clinical Research Award at the Asia Pacific Spine Society 7th Annual Meeting (2024)
• Best Basic Science Award at the Asia Pacific Spine Society 7th Annual Meeting (2024)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Professor Grace Zhang Teng and Professor Qi Weichen, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Silver Medal awarded on the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Lehigh University, USA

• Best Paper Award (Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Device) at the Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) International Conference by the AHFE (2022)

Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee, Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Professor Kenny Kwan Yat-hong and Professor Wanis Nafo, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• John H Moe Best Basic Research Poster Award from the Scoliosis Research Society (2021)

Professor Alex Chin Wing-hong and Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, School of Public Health and their collaborators Professor Huang Mingxin and Mr Litao Liu, Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Silver Medal awarded on the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Chow Shing-fung, Professor Chan Ho-wan, Professor Lee Hok-wai, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy and Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Chow Shing-fung, Professor Wong Si-nga, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy and Professor Low Kam-hung

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Chu Zhiqin, School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and his team

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Joshua Ho Wing-kei, School of Biomedical Sciences, Professor Gary Lau Kui-kai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Mr Gordon Qian, PhD Student, School of Biomedical Sciences; and other team members 

• Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2022, presented by the American Heart Association (2023)

Professor Hu Yong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine; and Dr Wan Feng, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Macau

• a total of eight awards in the 2020 World Robot Conference Contests (WRCC) – BCI Brain-Controlled Robot Contest, including one General Award, two First Prizes at the Final Technical Contest, four Champion Prizes at the Championship Contest, and one Significant Contribution Award (2020)

Professor Hu Yong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine and his team

• Best Paper Award 2022 by the Journal of Neurorestoratology (2023)

Professor Huang Jiandong and Professor Au-Yeung Yee-man, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Huang Jiandong and Professor Hu Yefan, School of Biomedical Sciences 

• Gold Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Huang Jiandong and Professor Li Renhao, School of Biomedical Sciences 

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Khong Mei-li, School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Clinical Medicine, and her team 

• Bronze Award of the QS Reimagine Education Awards presented in Abu Dhabi (2023)

Professor Raven Kok Kin-hang, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and the team from the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and the Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics 

• Silver Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Raven Kok Kin-hang, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, and his team and the Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics 

• Silver Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Raven Kok Kin-hang and Professor Lam Joy-yan, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics, and their team

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Chak-sing Lau and Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Silver Medal for their invention ‘Personalized stem cell treatment for immunodeficiency patients’, at the Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival 2024 (2024)

Professor Victor Lee Ho-fun and Professor Eymon Wu Ka-chun, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, and his team

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Frankie Leung Ka-li, Professor Qi Weichen and Professor Feng Xiaoreng, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Silver Medal for “Universal Fracture Healing Accelerator for External Fixators” at the 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2021)

Professor Victor Leung Yu-leong and his team, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Poster Presentation Award at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society Asia-Pacific Chapter Conference (TERMIS-AP) (2022) 

Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine and his Immunology Team 

• certified as both an Urticaria Centre of Reference and Excellence (UCARE) and an Angioedema Centre of Reference and Excellence (ACARE) by the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) in 2022 (2023)

Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, and his team at the Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology 

• recognized as an APAAACI Centre of Excellence by Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI) since October 2023

Professor Lim Lee-wei and Ms Chong Pit-shan, School of Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with Ms Cheng Poh-guat, Ganofarm R&D Private Limited and Dr Wong Kah-hui, University of Malaya

• Silver Medal awarded on the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Lim Lee-wei, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr Wong Kah-hui, University of Malaya

• Gold Award in the International Innovation Awards by Malaysia Technology Expo (2022)

Professor Leo Liu Hailong, Professor Clara Tang Sze-man, Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang and Professor Vincent Lui Chi-hang, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• ISSCR Zhongmei Chen Yong Award for Scientific Excellence at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2022 Annual Meeting (Hybrid) in San Francisco, USA (2022)

Professor Liu Pengtao, School of Biomedical Sciences; and Professor Ruan Degong and Professor Liu Fang, Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology

• Silver Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Liu Pengtao, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Professor Liu Fang, Professor Feng Zhen and Professor Ruan Degong, Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Man Kwan, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, and her team

• Special Grand Prize – Prize of the China Invention Association and Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024) 

Professor Ng Ming-yen and Professor Varut Vardhanabhuti, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• ranked among the top 10 finalists of the 2023 EdX Prize for Innovation in Online Teaching (2023) 

Professor Sun Hongzhe, Department of Chemistry; Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Professor Yuan Shuofeng, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine; Professor Wang Runming and Professor Li Hongyan, Department of Chemistry; Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-Woo, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine; Dr Cheng Tianfan, Faculty of Dentistry; Mrs Wang Suyu and Mr Chan Chun-lung, Department of Chemistry

• Gold Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Clara Tang Sze-man and Professor Tiffany Wong Cho-lam, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Second Runner-up of Favorite E-Video Presentation In Virtual at the 8th Biennial Congress of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2021)

Professor Julian Alexander Tanner, School of Biomedical Sciences and his team

• Silver Medal for Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)
• Bronze Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

Professor Julian Alexander Tanner, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Professor Jack Tsao, HKU Common Core, and their team 

• Silver Award of the QS Reimagine Education Awards presented in Abu Dhabi (2023)

Professor George Lim Tipoe, School of Biomedical Sciences and his team; and Professor Fraide A Ganotice Jr, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education

• Gold Award in the Hybrid Learning category at the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2021 (2021)

Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang, Professor Yip Chik-yan, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics; Professor Anderson Ho Cheung-shum and Professor Sammer Ul Hassan, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre

• Bronze Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Professor Zhao Hanjun, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics 

• Bronze Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Wang Weiping, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy & Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre; and his team comprising Mr Long Kaiqi and Professor Li Yafei, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy; Professor Lv Wen, Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre; Professor Amy Lo Cheuk-yin and Professor Lam Wai-ching, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine, together with the collaborative team led by Professor Zhan Changyou, Fudan University

• Gold Medal awarded on the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Wang Weiping and Professor Zhang Yaming, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy 

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Wang Weiping and Professor Xu Shuting, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Wang Weiping, Professor Zhang Yaming, Professor Li Yafei and Professor Zhou Yang, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy 

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Alan Wong Siu-lun, School of Biomedical Sciences and his team

• Silver Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and their team members from HKUMed, in collaboration with the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• Their research article on COVID-19 “A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster” was named as one of the landmark papers in 200-year history of The Lancet (2023)

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Professor Zhao Hanjun, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine and Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics

• Bronze Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Grace Zhang Teng and Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Gold Medal awarded on the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (2022)

Professor Zhang Tong, Professor Deng Yu, Miss Zheng Xiawan and Miss Xu Xiaoqing, Department of Civil Engineering; and Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, Professor Tun Hein-Min, Professor Gabriel Leung and Professor Malik Peiris, School of Public Health

• Gold Medal for their invention “Innovative Sewage Testing Tool for SARS-CoV-2” (2021)

Professor Zhou Jie, Professor Chiu Man-chun, Professor Li Cun and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Gold Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023)

School of Nursing’s HKU Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory and Simulation Training Centre, the first nursing simulation laboratory among tertiary institutions in Hong Kong 

• gained accreditation by UK’s Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) (2022)

The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health

• Bouygues Construction Award (Knowledge Transfer) of the Grand Prix France Hong Kong 2022 from Le Petit Journal Hong Kong for the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole Fellowship Programme) (2022)

HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• Infection Control Excellence Award at the Asian Hospital Management Awards 2022 (2023)

The Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences of the School of Public Health, led by Professor Michael Chan Chi-wai, Professor Tommy Lam Tsun-yuk, Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, Professor Malik Peiris and Professor Yen Hui-ling, School of Public Health 

• appointed as a WHO Reference Laboratory in the Coronavirus Network (CoViNet) since March 2024

Individuals:

Professor Roberto Bruzzone, School of Public Health

• Officer in the French National Order of Merit (Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite) (2021)

Professor Albert Chan Chi-yan, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected Member-at-large by the International Society of Liver Surgeons (2024)

Professor Daniel Chan Tak-mao, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• named Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in his respective field (2024)

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• elected as Fellow of Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA) (2022)

Professor Linda Chan, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (2020)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy/Advance HE (2022)
• selected as the Membership-wide Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians (2022)

Professor Maggie Chan Mee-kie, School of Nursing 

• 2021 Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing by National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (2022)

Professor Michael Chan Chi-wai, School of Public Health

• Gold Medal at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024) 

Professor Chan Ying-shing, School of Biomedical Sciences

• elected as President of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry from 2022 to 2024 (2023)
• elected as Chair of the Neurobiology Commission, International Union of Physiological Sciences from 2022 to 25 (2023)

Professor Chang Wing-chung, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine

• invited to be a guest editor for the early psychosis theme in Frontier in Psychiatry (2022)

Professor Kathryn Cheah Song-eng, School of Biomedical Sciences 

• British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) Medal Lecture Award (2021)
• elected as a European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Associate Member (2023)

Professor Eric Chen Yu-hai, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as editorial board member of the International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health from February 2022 (2022)
• appointed as guest editor of the special issue on Brain Sciences, New Frontiers in Schizophrenia (2021) and Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) Medal Lecture Award (2021)

Professor Chen Zhiwei, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Secretary of the Research Pandemic Alliance (PRA) (2023)

Professor Amy Cheung Yim-ling, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• 2022 International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) Research Awards – Best Paper from Female Researcher / Clinician Award (2023)

Professor Denise Cheung Shuk-ting, School of Nursing

• Best Oral Presentation Award (Clinical Studies) from The Society for Acupuncture Research (2024)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• 21st Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Spine Section Award (2021)
• Best Paper Award at the APSS Annual Meeting by the Asia Pacific Spine Society (APSS) (2022)
• English Presentation Award Gold Prize at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (2023)
• 2 Best Basic Science Awards from the APSS 6th Annual Meeting @ Spineweek 2023 (2023)
• SICOT Oral Presentation Award at the 44th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress (2024)

Professor Cheung Ka-shing, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Asia Pacific Digestive Week APDWF-JGHF Emerging Leader Lectureship Award (2023)

Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Walter P Blount Humanitarian Award (2021)

Professor Michael Cheung Ka-shing, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• National Scholar Award in the UEG Week Virtual by the United European Gastroenterology (2021)
• Travel Grant Award for his abstract presentation at the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week (2022)

Professor Edmond Choi Pui-hang, School of Nursing

• inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy’s Annual Health Policy Conference (2022)
• Best Poster Presentation Award at the 25th IUSTI World Congress, incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference (2024)

Professor Chu Kent-man, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine 

• appointed as President of Asian Surgical Association (2021)

Professor Michael Co Tiong-hong, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• admitted as a Member of the American College of Surgeons – Academy of Master Surgeon Educators (2024)

Professor Benjamin John Cowling, School of Public Health 

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List (2021)

Professor Fraide Jr Agustin Ganotice, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education

• Universitas 21 Fellowship (2024-2025)

Professor Guan Yi, School of Public Health

• 2021 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (2021)
• ranked first nationally in the field of Immunology according to the Best Scientists Ranking by Research.com (2023)

Professor Aya El Helali, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Oral Presentation Award at the Asian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ASNO) (2023)

Professor Benjamin Ho Mu-hsing, School of Nursing

• Outstanding Young Scholar Award 2022 by the Lambda Beta-at-Large Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2022)

Professor James Ho Chung-man, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as President of the 28th Congress of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) and Executive Committee member of the APSR (2024)

Professor Joshua Ho Wing-kei, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Gold Medal with the Congratulations of the Jury at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2024)

Professor Hu Yong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Annual Contribution Award 2022 by the Journal of Neurorestoratology in recognition of his significant contributions to the Journal (2023)

Professor Huang Jianpan, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• recognition of Top Cited Article 2022-2023 from Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (Wiley) (2024)

Professor Michael Huen Shing-yan, School of Biomedical Sciences

• selected as Co-chair of Gordon Research Conference on Genomic Instability (2022)

Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• named Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in his respective field (2024)

Professor Patrick Ip, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• received the Outstanding Asian Pediatrician Award from the Asian Pacific Paediatric Association (APPA) (2022)

Professor Philip Ip Pun-ching, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as an expert member for International Collaboration in Cancer Reporting (2021)

Professor Jia Wei, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• appointed as a member of the Academia Europaea and elected to the Physiology & Neuroscience Section of the Academia Europaea (2023)

Professor Kenny Kwan Yat-hong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Asia Pacific Spine Society- Asian Spine Journal (APSS-ASJ) Best Clinical Research Awarded at the APSS Annual Meeting by the APSS (2022)

Professor Herbert Kwok Wang-chun, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Oral Presentation Award at the 8th Asia Pacific Region Conference (APRC) of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2022)
• Assembly Education Awards for presentations in the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly and the Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous) Assembly sessions at the 26th Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (2022)
• APSR Travel Award in August 2023 to the JRS Annual Meeting 2024 (2023) 
• appointed as the editor in SciBase Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (2023)
• named one of the Outstanding Authors (2024) by the Journal of Thoracic Disease. His paper ‘Asthma, from mild to severe, is an independent prognostic factor for mild to severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)’ (2024) was also recognised as one of the top 10 most-cited papers by The Clinical Respiratory Journal (2024)

Professor Jojo Kwok Yan-yan, School of Nursing

• Outstanding New Investigator Award at the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (2021)
• Emerging Nurse Researcher/Scholar Award 2023 by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at the 34th International Nursing Research Congress (2023)
• inducted into the Class of 2024 Fellows by the American Academy of Nursing (2024)
• The Mind & Life’s Summer Research Institute Scholarship by The Mind & Life’s Institute (2024)

Professor Kwong Yok-lam, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• named Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in his respective field (2024)

Professor David Lam Chi-leung, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as President and received the APSR Woolcock Research Award from the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (2021)

Professor Jenny Lam Ka-wing, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• DDL (Drug Delivery to the Lungs) Emerging Scientist Award by The Aerosol Society (2020)

Professor Karen Lam Siu-ling, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed to the Board of Directors of the Endocrine Society for a three-year term (2022)

Professor Lam Wai-ching, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS) by the American Society of Retina Specialists (2021)

Professor Wendy Lam Wing-tak, School of Public Health

• appointed as Vice-President of International Psycho-Oncology Society from 2021 to 2023 (2021)
• elected as President of the International Psycho-oncology Society from 2023 to 2025 (2023) 
• 2023 Distinguished Merit Award by the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (2023)

Professor Chak-sing Lau, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as a member of Academia Europaea (2023)

Professor Gary Lau Kui-kai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• American Heart Association Award for Patient-Oriented or Clinical Research in Hypertension (2022)

Professor Simon Law Ying-kit, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as President-Elect of the International Society of Diseases of the Esophagus in 2021-2022 (2021) 
• elected as President of the International Society of Disease of the Esophagus (September 2022 – September 2023)

Professor Allie Lee, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• conferred a Fellow of the Advance Higher Education of the United Kingdom (2024)
• selected for the APAO Leadership Development Programme 2025-2026 by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2024)

Professor Elaine Lee Yuen-phin, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as Fellow of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS) (2022)
• Distinction for her oral presentation at the International Cancer Imaging Society 22nd Annual Teaching Course (2023)

Professor Paul Lee Chi-ho, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• AASD Investigator Award 2021 from The Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (2022)

Professor Christopher Leung Kai-shun, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Senior Achievement Award (2022)
• appointed as Co-Chair of the 4th Edition of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines (2022-2023)

Professor Gabriel Leung, School of Public Health

• appointed to the Wellcome Trust Board of Governors (2021)

Professor Kathy Leung Sze-man, School of Public Health

• named one of the ‘11 Early-Career Researchers to Watch’ by Nature Medicine in 2022 (2023)

Professor Nancy Leung Hiu-lan, School of Public Health

• featured as one of the ‘Five science stars making their mark in China’ by Nature Index (2021)

Professor Leung Wai-keung, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Helicobacter Educators (2024) 

Professor Li Hailei, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• International Scholar Award of the 2024 Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting (2024)

Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• joined the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Association of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2022)
• appointed as member of the ‘Expert Committee to Investigate Recent Incidence of Drug Allergies and their aftereffects’ by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health (2023)
• Best Presentation Award in Oral Presentation at the 72nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Allergology (2023)
• Best Abstract Award at the World Allergy Congress (2023)
• received recognition for a Top Downloaded Article in Clinical & Experimental Allergy by Wiley (2024)
• Top Author Award for Most Citations by The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (2024)

Professor Shirley Li Xue, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Associate Editor of npj Vaccines (2024)
• appointed as a mentor for early career researchers at HTAsiaLink (2024)

Professor Lin Xiang, School of Chinese Medicine

• Excellence in Leukocyte Biology by the Society for Leukocyte Biology (2024)

Professor Lo Chung-mau, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2021)

Professor David Lui Tak-wai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• ICDM Rising Star Award at the 11th International Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism and the 13th AASD Scientific Meeting (2021)
• Travel Grant Award for Outstanding Abstract at the International Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism (2024)

Professor Loey Mak Lung-yi, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator’s Award at the 30th Annual Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) (2021)
• Young Investigator Bursary 2021 from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
• Travel Grant from Faculty Opinions (2023)
• Best Oral Presentation Award at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) (2023)
• European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL) Emerging Leader Award (2023)
• shortlisted for the Global Women in Healthcare Awards – The Rising Star Award (2024)

Professor Mak Tak-wah, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• selected for the 2023 Pezcoller Foundation–American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research at the AACR’s Annual Meeting Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (2023)
• William B. Coley Award from the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) (2023)

Professor Nancy Man Kwan, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Rising Star Award (Mentor) at the Virtual International Liver Transplantation Society Annual Congress (2021)
• Basic Science Established Investigator Award at the Virtual International Liver Transplantation Society Annual Congress (2022)

Professor Na Yung, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• selected for the World Chinese Urological Society (WCUS) Rising Star Award 2024

Professor Irene Ng Oi-lin, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• named one of the Best Female Scientists in the World in the first edition of the ranking by Research.com (2022)

Professor Ng Lui, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator Award at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Medical Oncology and 2020 International Conference (Virtual) (2020)
• Virtual Foreign Contributor Award at the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology Annual Meeting (Virtual) (2021)
• Young Investigator Award at the 4th International Meeting on Intestinal Diseases in conjunction with the Annual Congress of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (Virtual) (2021)

Professor Ng Ming-yen, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• selected for the Future Leaders Programme by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2021)
• Gold Award in the Life Sciences category at the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2021 (2022)
• selected as one of the 2021 edX Prize Finalists for Innovation in Online Teaching (2022)
• appointed to the Board of Directors for the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2024)

Professor Hextan Ngan Yuen-sheung, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• IGCS Excellence in Teaching Award by the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (2021)
• Fellowship of AOFOG 2024 by the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (AOFOG) (2023)
• elected as President of the International Society for Study of Trophoblastic Disease (ISSTD) (2023)

Professor Malik Peiris, School of Public Health

• 2021 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (2021)
• conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the University of Oxford (2023)

Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, School of Public Health

• Pasteur Network LP200 Prize by Institut Pasteur for his contribution to the preparedness, research, collaborations and commitment to the Pasteur Network, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his embodiment of Louis Pasteur’s vision (2023)

Professor Olivia Qian Xingxing, School of Nursing

• Best Poster Award and Best Oral Presentation Award, respectively, at the 27th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) (2024)

Professor David Mondaca Ruff, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• selected by the American Heart Association as the 2021 Paul Dudley White International Scholar (2022)

Professor Walter Seto Wai-kay, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (2021) 
• named Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in his respective field (2024)

Professor Kendrick Shih Co, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Academic Development Mentorship Scheme Award by the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) (2020)
• Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Best Young Ophthalmologist Influencer Award at the 36th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (2021)
• Japanese Ophthalmological Society International Young Investigator Award in 2021 (2022)
• elected as a Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences (2023)
• selected as the Hong Kong representative for the 2024 Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Programme (2023)
• nominated as a Council Member of Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society (APOIS) (2024)

Professor Simon Sin Wai-ching, Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine

• named International Adviser by the Philippine Society of Extracorporeal Oxygenation (PSECMO) (2023)

Professor Rio Ryohichi Sugimura, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Young Investigator Award presented by Cells Tissues Organs (2022)

Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Rehbein Medal (2020) at the 22nd Greece European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association Congress in Athens, Greece (2021)

Professor Clara Tang Sze-man, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• selected as the First Runner-up of Best Oral Presentation In Virtual at the 8th Biennial Congress of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2021)

Professor Sydney Tang Chi-wai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• elected as President of The Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (2022)

Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• RCPath Achievement Award by the Royal College of Pathologists (2021)

Professor Tse Ka-yu, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Co-Chair of Cervical Cancer Elimination Committee of the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG) from 2022 to 2024 (2023) 
• appointed as Chair of Oncology Committee of the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG) from 2022 to 2024

Professor Kelvin Wang Man-ping, School of Nursing 

• named one of the Edge Runners 2022 by the American Academy of Nursing for his “Community-Based Smoking Cessation Program”
• elected to Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) through Distinction and will be admitted at FPH’s annual general meeting and awards ceremony in June 2024
• became a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health (2024)

Professor Wang Weiping, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2021) 

Professor Janet Wong, Yuen-ha, School of Nursing

• elected Sigma Global Regional Coordinator for Asia 2021-2023 of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2022)

Professor Janus Wong Siu-him, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Clinical Paper Award by Asian Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting (2023)

Professor Kenneth Wong Kak-yuen, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine                               

• elected President Elect of the Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons from 2024 to 2026 (2022)
• elected President Elect of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons from 2024 to 2025 (2023)

Mr Samson Wong Ki-sum, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Scholar Merit Award at the Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) (2022)
• A project led by him was shortlisted for the Nurturing Values and Ethics Award at the 2023 QS Reimagine Education Awards (2024)

Professor Tiffany Wong Cho-lam, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Global Collaborative Oncology Group (GCOG) Winning Abstracts/Clinical Trial Concepts on “Surgical resection versus radical external beam radiation in operable hepatocellular carcinoma” at the GCOG Annual Meeting (2021)
• recognized as Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation – Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation (APDWF-JGHF) Emerging Leader (2023)
• selected as one of the three females who have made tremendous contribution in the field of liver transplantation by the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) on International Women's Day (2024)

Professor Wu Chanchan, School of Nursing

• Best Poster Award and Best Oral Presentation Award, respectively, at the 27th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) (2024)

Professor Henry Yau, Clinical Trials Centre

• appointed as the Chairperson of the International Clinical Trials Center Network (2020)

Professor Pauline Yeung Pui-ning, Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine                               

• Assembly Education Award at the 26th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (2022)
• selected as one of the Outstanding Authors (2022) by the Journal of Thoracic Disease (2023)

Professor Yiu Kai-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• the 23rd Annual Quality Improvement Award (Global Quality Improvement Category) from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standard (2020)
• appointed as an Editorial Board Member of Cardiology Plus (2022)

Professor Doris Yu Sau-fung, School of Nursing

• inducted as 2023 Fellow of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) at the GSA’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting (2023)

Professor Yuen Kwok-Yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• ranked first nationally and seventh internationally in the field of Microbiology according to the Best Scientists Ranking by Research.com (2023)

Professor Richard Yuen Man-fung, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• named Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in his respective field (2024)

Professor Zhao Hanjun, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• 2022 Best Papers Award (First Place) by the Emerging Microbes & Infections (2023)

Professor Jane Zhao Jie, School of Public Health

• conferred a Takemi Fellow by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (2024)

Teams: 

Professor Gao Bo, School of Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College and Fudan University

• Youth Award of the 2020 China Medical Science and Technology Awards by the Chinese Medical Association (2021)

Professor Hu Yong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine and his team

• Champion of the Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential (SSVEP) contest (騰訊雲杯「技術賽SSVEP賽項第一名」) from the 2023 World Robot Contest (WRC) (2023) 

Professor Lin Xiang, School of Chinese Medicine and Bachelor of Chinese Medicine students

• Silver Award at the 10th National Competition for Undergraduates on Innovation Research and Experimental Design in Basic Medical Sciences and 2024 Belt and Road International Undergraduate Forum for Basic Innovative Experiment Design in Medical Sciences, organised by the National Demonstration Center for Experimental Education (Basic Medicine Sciences Section), of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (2024)

Professor Loey Mak Lung-yi, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine and her team

• Top 10 Original Research Articles in Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis 2022 (2022年度中國門脈高壓與肝硬化十大原創研究）by Chinese Portal Hypertension Alliance (CHESS中國門靜脈高壓聯盟) (2023) 

Professor Paul Tam Kwong-hang and Professor Clara Tang Sze-man, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with Wuhan Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, and the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

• Second Class Award of the 2020 China Medical Science and Technology Awards by the Chinese Medical Association (2021)

Professor Michael To Kai-tsun, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine and his multidisciplinary Osteogenesis Imperfecta team at HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• Golden Snail Award 2023 for Medical or Scientific Achievement (2023)
• The first “闰笛杯” of the National Rare Disease Education Video Competition (2023)

Professor William Wong Chi-wai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine and his team

• Excellence Award at The Chinese Medical Association GP Section Guideline-based Management National Competition (2021)
• Innovation Awards (Second Runner-up) for the survey on the cognition, attitude and practice of grass-roots medical workers to sexual minorities (LGBT) and related influence factors at the 10th Cross Strait General Practice Conference, Chengdu (2023)

Professor William Wong Chi-wai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine and his team from HKU-Shenzhen Hospital 

• Innovation Awards (Second Runner-up) at the 9th Cross-Strait General Practice Conference, Nanjing (2022)
• Innovation Awards (Second Runner-up) at the 10th Cross-Strait General Practice Conference, Chengdu (2023)

Professor Xu Aimin, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine and Professor Hui Xiaoyan , School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK

• State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class Award) by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2020)

Professor Yiu Kai-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine and his team from HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• Member of the Cardiomyopathy Specialty Alliance of the National Cardiovascular Disease Centre (2022)
• Member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist Unit, National Centre of Cardiovascular Disease (2022)
• National Heart Failure Center Quality Control Standard Star by the National Heart Failure Centre Alliance (2023)
• Performed the first Tyrx Antibiotic Pocket Implantation in China (2023)

Professor Zhao Jia, School of Chinese Medicine and Bachelor of Chinese Medicine students

• Bronze Award at the 10th National Competition for Undergraduates on Innovation Research and Experimental Design in Basic Medical Sciences and 2024 Belt and Road International Undergraduate Forum for Basic Innovative Experiment Design in Medical Sciences, organised by the National Demonstration Center for Experimental Education (Basic Medicine Sciences Section), of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (2024)

The Clinical Oncology Medical Center of HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• granted approval to establish the Shenzhen Key Lab for Translational Research on Recurrent/Metastatic Cancer and Personalized Oncology (2022)

Individuals:

Professor Esther Chan Wai-yin, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau (2020)

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• the 8th VCANBIO Award for Biosciences and Medicine (Innovation Breakthrough Award) by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and VCANBIO Cell & Gene Engineering Corporation Limited (2023)

Professor Chan Yau-wai, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Appointed as Director of Medical Simulation Education Centre, HKU-SZH (2023)
• Elected as Committee Member (Shenzhen representative) of Chinese Cardiovascular Anaesthesia Society since 2023
• Appointed as a member of the Supervisory Committee 督導委員 of China Residency Training Centres, HKU-SZH, since 2023
• Elected as 四川天府新区麻醉學會超聲分會副主委(2022)

Professor Cheung Chi-wai, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Visiting Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine for a three-year term starting from November 2021 (2021)

Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee, Hospital Chief Executive of HKU-Shenzhen Hospital; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• introduced a medical device for correcting severe spinal deformities in children in the Greater Bay Area under the 港澳藥械通 scheme (2021)
• appointed as the Hospital Chief Executive of the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital (2022 – 2027)
• Shenzhen Physician Award (2023)

Professor Lydia Cheung Wai-ting School of Biomedical Sciences

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau (2020)

Professor Chu Hin, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau (2021)

Professor Guan Yi, School of Public Health

• appointed as the first Chief of the Shanghai Virus Research Institution (2022)

Professor Huang Jiandong, School of Biomedical Sciences

• WuXi AppTec Life Science and Chemistry Award by WuXi AppTec (2021) 

Professor Huang Yuanhua, School of Biomedical Sciences

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) (2022)

Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai and Professor Yiu Kai-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Chief Physicians in Guangdong Province by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality (2022)

Professor Spring Kong Feng-ming, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Chairperson for Oncology Guideline Task in China by STAR Working Group (2022)

Professor Ava Kwong, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Professional Title Certificate - Chief Physician from the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, China (2021)

Professor Tommy Lam Tsan-yuk, School of Public Health

• Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award (2023)

Professor Anne Lee Wing-mui, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• First Prize of Technology Award by the China Anti-Cancer Association (2021)

Professor Liu Kui, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• ranked among the Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers 2022 for exceptional research performance in the field of biology (2023)
• ranked among the Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers 2023 for exceptional research performance in the field of biology (2024)

Professor Lo Chung-mau, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• selected by the Health Times of People’s Daily for the 4th Doctors of Distinction in China Award (2020)

Professor Malik Peiris, School of Public Health

• Future Science Prize in life sciences (2021)

Professor Walter Seto Wai-kay, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Chief Physician, Guangdong Province, by the Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (2021)

Professor Shen Jiangang, School of Chinese Medicine

• appointed as the Vice Chairman of Chinese Medicine Working Committee in General Hospital, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), (2022)

Professor Kendrick Shih Co, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as a Founding Member of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society China (2023)

Professor Michael To Kai-tsun, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Deputy Director of Guangdong Provincial Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Rare Diseases (广东省罕见病诊疗质量控制中心) from 2023 to 2025 (2023)

Professor Eric Wan Yuk-fai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine and Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) (2022)

Professor Wang Ning, School of Chinese Medicine

• named Qi-Huang Young Scholar by National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2022)

Professor Wang Weiping, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) (2022)

Professor Alan Wong Siu-lun, School of Biomedical Sciences

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau (2020)

Professor Carmen Wong Chak-lui, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau (2020)

Professor William Wong Chi-Wai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• conferred the title of Chief Senior Consultant by the China Medical Board (2021)

Professor Xu Aimin, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• State Natural Science Award (Second Class Prize) by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in June 2024 (2024)

Professor Yiu Kai-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Oriental Rising Star Award at the 16th Oriental Congress of Cardiology from the Shanghai Medical Association and Shanghai Society of Cardiology (2022)
• appointed as Chairman of the Coronary Heart Disease Precision Treatment and Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional Committee, the Guangdong Elder Health Care Association (2022)
• appointed as Member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Youth Academic Committee, China Cardiovascular Health Alliance (2022)
• appointed as Member of the Clinical Research Group, Cardiovascular Society, Guangdong Medical Association (2022)
• appointed as Advisory Panel Member of the Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases of the Cardiovascular Disease Quality Initiative (CDQI) National Standardized Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases (2022)
• appointed as Member of the Cardiovascular Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society (2021)
• appointed as Social Mentor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (2022)
• appointed as member of the Precision Medicine Branch of Cardiovascular Disease, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care (2022)
• appointed as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Expert Committee of Arrhythmia Branch of Guangdong Precision Medicine Application Society (2023)

Professor Yuan Shuofeng, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) (2023)

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Future Science Prize in life sciences (2021)
• appointed as Honorary Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity (2023)

Teams:

Professor Albert Chan Chi-yan, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Professor Chiang Chi-leung, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, and their team

• listed among the Top Ten Hong Kong Innovation and Technology News 2023 organised by the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre (2024)

Professor Cheung Ching-lung, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy 

• Most Promising Young Researcher Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Derek Cheung Yee-tak, School of Nursing 

• Best Poster Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Prudence Cheung Wing-hang, Professor Janus Wong Siu-him, Professor Keith Luk Dip-kei, Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with Professor Federico Canavese of University of Lille, Dr Chris Chan Yin-wei of University of Malaya and Dr Hideki Shigematsu of Nara Medical University

• Best Poster Award at the 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2021)

The team comprising Professor Michael Co Tiong-hong and Professor Ava Kwong, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine; Professor Roger Ngan Kai-cheong and Professor Wong Kam-hung, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine; Dr Oscar Mang Wai-kong and Dr Anthony Tam Hin-pong, HK Cancer Registry, HA

• Hong Kong Medical Journal Best Original Paper Award at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Annual Conferment Ceremony (2021)

Professor Benjamin John Cowling, Professor Wu Peng and Professor Joseph Wu Tsz-kei, School of Public Health

• Outstanding Project Team Award for COVID-19 Research at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Jin Dong-yan, School of Biomedical Sciences and his team 

• 10th Health and Medical Research Fund Anniversary Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Kenny Kwan Yat-hong, Ms Jocelyn Ip, Ms Giselle Li, Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yinand Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Best Spine Paper Award at the 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2021)

Professor Ava Kwong and Professor Vivian Yvonne Shin, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine; Dr Edmond Ma Shiu-kwan and Dr Chris Chan Tsun-leung, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital; Dr James Matthew Ford and Dr Allison Walsh Kurian, Stanford University School of Medicine; and Dr Edmund Tai Wing-to, Palo Alto Medical Foundation 

• Excellent Research Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Lam Ching-wan, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine and his team

• HKWC and QMH/TYH Outstanding Team Award from the Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority (2022) 

Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen, Professor Emily Tse Tsui-yee and Professor Eric Wan Yuk-fai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Research Award 2021 by the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians Conferment Ceremony in 2022 (2023)

Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen, Professor Carlos Wong King-ho, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine; Professor Law Wai-lun, Professor Jensen Poon Tung-chung, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine; Professor Sarah McGhee, School of Public Health; Professor Daniel Fong Yee-tak, School of Nursing; and Dr Pierre Chan 

• 10th Health and Medical Research Fund Anniversary Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Lam Tai-hing, School of Public Health and his team

• 10th Health and Medical Research Fund Anniversary Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Wendy Lam Wing-tak, School of Public Health and her team 

• 10th Health and Medical Research Fund Anniversary Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Lau Chak-sing, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine and his team 

• Excellent Research Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Christopher Leung Kai-shun and Professor Alexander Lam Ka-ngai, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Outstanding Glaucoma Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Platform for their startup, AIROTA Diagnostics Limited, by ETNet (2023) 

Professor Gabriel Leung, Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, Professor Malik Peiris and Professor Tun Hein-Min, School of Public Health, together with their collaborating team lead by Professor Zhang Tong, Department of Civil Engineering

• Outstanding Project Team Award for COVID-19 Research at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Li Miao-xin, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine and his team 

• Excellent Research Award and Most Promising Young Researcher Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine; and his Vaccine Allergy Safety Team

• Outstanding Team Award by the Hospital Authority (Grantham Hospital) in 2022 (2023)

Professor Pauline Luk Po-ling, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education and Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit; and Professor KHONG Mei-Li, School of Clinical Medicine, in collaboration with MBBS students 

• Award of Merit in Redesigning Student Learning Experience in Higher Education (RSLEIHE) 2023 and Co-Creation Programme by HERDSA (Hong Kong) Awards for Student Projects in (2024)

Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, School of Public Health and his team 

• Outstanding Project Team Award for COVID-19 Research at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee, School of Nursing and her team 

• 10th Health and Medical Research Fund Anniversary Award at the Health Research Symposium organised by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR (2021)

Professor Michael To Kai-tsun, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine; and his multidisciplinary team (MDT) for patients with osteogenesis imperfecta in HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

• named one of the 慶祝香港回歸祖國25周年 – 2022感動香江團體 for their multidisciplinary service for patients with osteogenesis imperfecta

Professor Kenneth Wong Kak-yuen, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine and his team

• HKWC and QMH/TYH Outstanding Team Award (Paediatric Thoracoscopic Team) from the Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority (2021)

Professor Kenneth Wong Kak-yuen, Professor Patrick Chung Ho-yu, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine and their HKWC Neonatal Surgical Service Team, Queen Mary Hospital 

• HKWC and QMH/TYH Outstanding Team Award 2023

The University of Hong Kong received the Hong Kong Smoke-free Leading Company Gold Award 2023 from the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH).  [Represented by School of Nursing, University Health Service, and Human Resources Office]  

The team of rehabilitation professionals from Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, and MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre 

• The highest amount of donation 最高籌款獎 (公開組) by the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation - Barrier Busters (2023)

Team HKU ORT, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine x MMRC 

• Champion of Barrier Busters Charity Award (Public Teams) at The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation – Barrier Busters (2023)

Individuals:

Professor Daniel Chan Tak-mao, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as President of the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)

Professor Esther Chan Wai-yin, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• elected as member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Science (2021)

Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Gold Medal of the Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2021)
• appointed as Member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) in September 2023 with effect from January 2024 (2023)
• RGC Research Fellowships (2024)

Professor Chan Kai-tai, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as Honorary Treasurer of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists (2022)

Professor Karen Chan Kar-loen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected President of the Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 2022 to 2024 (2023)
• appointed as Co-Convenor of the Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Woman Health in Primary Care Settings, Health Bureau, HKSAR, from 2023 to 2025
• appointed as non-official member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)
• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Lewis Chan Ping-keung, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• AR Hodgson Award for Best Clinical Paper at the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (2023)

Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee, School of Nursing

• Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS)
• appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) (2022)
• Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong College of Health Service Executives (2022)

Professor Will Chan Yap-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator Research Grant by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)
• Best Cardiovascular Medicine Paper Award at the 30th Annual Scientific Congress of Hong Kong College of Cardiology (2022)
• selected as the recipient of the Sir David Todd Memorial Scholarship by the Hong Kong College of Physicians for overseas training at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, The University of Cambridge (2023)
• Best Thesis Award (Gold Medal) by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)

Professor Chan Yau-wai, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• recognized by Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Innovative Learning Centre as contributory faculty (2023)

Professor Chang Wing-chung, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected Vice-President (General Affairs) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists (2022)
• appointed as Member of the Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Health Bureau, the Government of the HKSAR from 2023 to 2025

Professor Kathryn Cheah Song-eng, School of Biomedical Sciences

• elected as a member of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (2021)

Professor Jason Cheung Pui-yin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Bronze Medal of the Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows from the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2023)

Professor Michael Cheung Ka-shing, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator by Hong Kong College of Physicians (2021)
• Young Investigator Research Grant by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)
• Young Investigator Research Grant from the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)

Professor Prudence Cheung Wing-hang, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Best Poster Award at the 40th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2020)
• Best Paper Award for Associate Member at the 42nd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2022)

Professor Steve Cheung Man-hong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• AR Hodgson Award at the 42nd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2022)

Professor Chiang Chi-leung, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Gold Medal of the Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows from the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2023)

Professor Chu Kent-man, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected President of The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong (2022)

Professor Brian Chung Hon-yin, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Chief Scientific Officer of Hong Kong Genome Institute (HKGI) and a Principal Investigator of the Hong Kong Genome Project (HKGP) (2021)

Professor Benjamin John Cowling, School of Public Health

• Research Grants Council (RGC)’s Inaugural Senior Research Fellow (2020)

Professor Christian Fang Xinshuo, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Prof SP Chow Award for Best Paper in Trauma at the 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2021)

Professor Keiji Fukuda, School of Public Health

• appointed to the Hong Kong SAR government’s expert advisory group on COVID-19 by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021) 

Dr Leiluo Geng, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) (2023)

Professor James Ho Chung-man, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as a member of the ‘Committee on Trust Fund for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)’ and member of the ‘Expert Group on Drug Registration’ (2024)

Professor Huang Jiandong, School of Biomedical Sciences 

• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship in 2021 (2020)

Professor Rex Hui Wai-hin, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)

Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) (2022)
• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• re-appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)
• appointed as non-official member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024) 
• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Patrick Ip, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Hong Kong Humanity Award jointly organized by the Hong Kong Red Cross and Radio Television Hong Kong (2020)

Professor Ralf Jauch, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) (2023)

Professor Kenny Kwan Yat-hong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Arthur Yau Award at the 42nd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2022)

Professor Maggie Kwok Man-ki, School of Public Health 

• Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award (Hong Kong) (2021)

Professor Herbert Kwok Wang-chun, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator Research Grant by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)
• Research Grant Award by the Hong Kong Lung Foundation (2022)
• appointed as a Council member of Hong Kong Medical Association (2023-2024) (2023)
• elected as Vice-President of Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association (2023-2024) (2023)
• appointed as Chief Editor of HKMA CME bulletin (2023)
• appointed as Editor of the Hong Kong Medical Journal (2024)
• appointed as Honorary Advisor for the Paediatric Home Respiratory Support Society (2024)
• APSR-Hong Kong Lung Foundation Professor Wah-kit Lam Young Investigator Award (2024)

Professor Jojo Kwok Yan-yan, School of Nursing

• Sigma Theta Tau Pi Iota Chapter Scholarship by The Sigma Theta Tau International Pi Iota Chapter (2020)
• 2022 HKSBH Early Career Award by the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health (2022)

Professor Agnes Lai Yuen-kwan, School of Nursing

• People’s Choice e-Poster Award at the 10th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum 3rd Sigma Asia Region Conference (2020)

Professor Lam Chor-yin, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Vice Chairman of Occupational Safety & Health Council Member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) with effect from January 2024 (2023)

Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Convenor of the Advisory Committee on Primary Care Directory in 2021-2024 by the Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR

Professor Lam Ka-on, Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Awards by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong in 2020 and 2021

Professor Karen Lam Siu-ling, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Gary Lau Kui-kai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Smart Ageing Leader Award by the Golden Age Foundation (2024)

Professor Lau Chak-sing, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• appointed as Convenor of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• appointed as the non-official Director of the Board of Directors and non-official member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Genome Institute by the HKSAR Government (2021)
• Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) (2022)
• re-appointed as Convenor of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)
• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Lau Yu-lung, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) (2022)
• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• re-appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)
• appointed as Chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases (SCVPD) and member of the Board of Scientific Advisers (BOSA) of Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health (2022 – 2025)

Professor Allie Lee, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2023)

Professor Pamela Lee Pui-wah, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Rosie Young 90 Medal for Outstanding Young Woman Scholar (2021)

Professor Paul Lee Chi-ho, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine – 

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)
• Richard Yu Lectureship by the Hong Kong College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians Joint Scientific Meeting 2023 (2024)

Professor Gabriel M Leung, School of Public Health

• appointed to the Hong Kong SAR government’s expert advisory group on COVID-19 by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021) 
• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• re-appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)

Professor Gilberto Leung Ka-kit, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine 

• elected President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2021)
• elected President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (January 2023 – December 2024) (2022)
• appointed as a Member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government from 2023 to 2025 (2023)
• appointed as non-official member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024) 
• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Leung Wai-keung, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as non-official member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024) 
• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Philip Li Hei, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Highest Score in Advanced Internal Medicine of the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2020)
• Chief Executive’s Commendation for Public Service from the HKSAR Government (2022)
• elected as Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Allergy (2023)
• Young Investigator Research Grant from the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)
• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)
• Richard Yu Lectureship by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)

Professor Raymond Li Hang-wun, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong Journal of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Midwifery (2023)

Professor Lin Chia-chin, School of Nursing

• appointed as non-official member of Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Liu Pengtao, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award (Hong Kong) (2023)

Professor David Lui Tak-wai, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2022)
• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator 2023 by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2023)

Professor Stephanie Ma Kwai-yee, School of Biomedical Sciences

• RGC Research Fellow in 2021/2022
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2023 (2022)

Professor Henry Mak Ka-fung, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Poster Presentation by the Hong Kong College of Radiologists (2020)

Professor Loey Mak Lung-yi, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators 2020 from the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2020)
• Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator in 2020-2021
• Croucher Foundation Fellowship (2021)
• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2023)

Professor Vivian Man Chi-mei, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator Award – Best Scientific Paper from the Hong Kong Society of Breast Surgeons (2021)

Professor Amy Ng Pui-pui, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Research Paper Award at the Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2024 from the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians (2024)
• Certificate of Excellence as a Distinguished Young Fellow by the Council of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2024)

Professor Ngu Siew-fei, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Secretary of the Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2023)

Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, School of Public Health 

• Distinguished Alumni Award by the Hong Kong Baptist University (2022)

Professor Kendrick Shih Co, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine

• elected as a Council Member of the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (2023)

Professor Gill Harinder Harry Singh, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Sir David Todd Lectureship by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2023)

Professor Siddharth Sridhar, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator from 2022 to 2023 (2023)

Professor Rio Ryohichi Sugimura, School of Biomedical Sciences

• Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) (2023)

Professor Teo Kay-cheong, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Young Investigator Research Grant from the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2024)

Professor Emily Tse Tsui-yee, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Oral Presentation Award in the Free Paper Competition of the Hong Kong Primary Care Conference (2020)
• HKCFP Award for the Best Research of 2021 (2022)

Professor Tse Hung-fat, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Li Shu Pui Medical Foundation Fellowship (2021)

Professor Winnie Tso Wan-yee, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Awards by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong in 2020 and 2021

Professor Abraham Wai Ka-chung, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2022) 

Professor Alan Wong Siu-lun, School of Biomedical Sciences

• BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2023 in the field of ‘STIP in Life and Health’ (2023)
• elected as member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Science (2026)

Professor Carmen Wong Chak-lui, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• RGC Research Fellowships (2024)

Professor Ian Wong Chi-kei, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• re-appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)

Professor Janus Wong Siu-him, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Best Paper Award for Trainee Member and Prof SP Chow Award for Best Paper in Trauma at the 40th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2020) 
• Silver Medal for the Best Original Research by Trainees by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2020)
• Professor KS Leung Award for Best Paper in Trauma at the 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (2021)
• Gold Medal for the Best Original Research by Trainees by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (2021)

Professor Kenneth Wong Kak-yuen, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Hong Kong Convention Ambassador (2023 – 2024) of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (2022)

Professor Tiffany Wong Cho-lam, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine

• conferred the Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator in 2020 – 2021

Professor William Wong Chi-wai, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• appointed as Chairperson of the Grant Review Board (GRB), Health Bureau, HKSAR Government (2024)

Professor Judy Yam Wai-ping, Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine

• RGC Research Fellowship 2023/24 (2024)

Professor Desmond Yap Yat-him, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Sir David Todd Lectureship 2021 by the Hong Kong College (2021)

Professor Peter Yau Wai-pan, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine

• Gold Award, Smith and Nephew Best Paper Presentation in Sports Medicine at the 2023 HKOA Annual Congress organized by the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (2023)

Professor Pauline Yeung Pui-ning, Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine

• Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2023)

Professor Yiu Kai-hang, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• presented the Hong Kong Heart Foundation Lecture “Risk prediction for adverse cardiovascular events: experience from precision cardiovascular imaging to the application of big data analytics” at the 30th Annual Scientific Congress of Hong Kong College of Cardiology (2022)

Professor Esther Yu Yee-tak, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine

• HKCFP Best Oral Presentation Award and HKCFP Outstanding Poster Presentation Award from The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians (HKCFP) (2021)

Professor Jacqueline Yuen Kwan-yuk, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine 

• Outstanding Free Paper Prize at the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting (2021)

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine 

• appointed to the Hong Kong SAR government’s expert advisory group on COVID-19 by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2021)
• re-appointed as member of the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines by the Chief Executive of HKSAR (2022)

Professor Richard Yuen Man-fung, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine

• Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship 2021 (2020)

Name	Research Area
Professor Cai Jian-piao (Microbiology)	Immunology
Professor Ester Cerin (Public Health)#	Social Sciences
Professor Chan Kwok-hung (Microbiology)#	Cross-Field
Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo (Microbiology)	Immunology; Microbiology
Professor Vincent Cheng Chi-chung (Microbiology)#	Immunology
Professor Chu Hin (Microbiology)	Cross-Field
Professor Benjamin John Cowling (Public Health)	Immunology
Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai (Medicine)	Cross-Field
Professor Jia Wei (Pharmacology & Pharmacy)	Cross-Field
Professor Tommy Lam Tsan-yuk (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Eric Lau Ho-yin (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Kathy Leung Sze-man (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung (Public Health)#	Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics
Professor Mak Tak-wah (Pathology)#	Cross-Field
Professor Malik Peiris (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Leo Poon Lit-man (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Siddharth Sridhar (Microbiology)	Cross-Field
Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang (Microbiology)	Immunology; Microbiology
Professor Ian Wong Chi-kei (Pharmacology & Pharmacy)	Cross-Field
Professor Joseph Wu Tsz-kei (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Wu Peng (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Yen Hui-ling (Public Health)	Cross-Field
Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok (Orthopaedics & Traumatology)	Cross-Field
Professor Cyril Yip Chik-yan (Microbiology)#	Cross-Field
Professor Yuan Shuofeng (Microbiology)	Cross-Field
Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (Microbiology)	Immunology; Microbiology
Professor Zhou Jie (Microbiology)	Cross-Field

# Honorary Professoriate

See the complete list of HKU Scholars in the Top 1% for the past years

• Professor Sheikh Taslim Ali (Public Health)
• Professor David Makram Bishai (Public Health)
• Professor Cai Jianpiao (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Ester Cerin (Public Health)#
• Professor Daniel Chan Tak-mao (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Jasper Chan Fuk-woo (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Chan Kit-wa (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Chan Kwok Hung (Microbiology, SClinMed)#
• Professor Chan Wan Mui (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Raymond Chang Chuen-chung (Biomedical Sciences)
• Professor Chang Wing-chung (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Eric Chen Yu Hai (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Chen Honglin (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Chen Zhiwei (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Vincent Cheng Chi Chung (Microbiology, SClinMed)#
• Professor Michael Cheung Ka Shing (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Cheung Tan-to (Surgery, SClinMed)
• Professor Chu Hin (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Benjamin John Cowling (Public Health)
• Professor Feng Yibin (Chinese Medicine)
• Professor Daniel Fong Yee-tak (Nursing)
• Professor Karen Ann Grepin (Public Health)
• Professor Guan Xin-yuan (Clinical Oncology, CancerMed, SClinMed)
• Professor Guan Yi (Public Health)
• Professor Michael Andreas Häusser (Biomedical Sciences)
• Professor Daniel Ho Sai-yin (Public Health)
• Professor Ho Pak Leung (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Christy Hui Lai-ming (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Rina Hui Yee-man (CancerMed, SClinMed)
• Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Patrick Ip (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Jia Wei (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
• Professor Jin Dong-yan (Biomedical Sciences)
• Professor Kok Kin-hang (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Lai Ching-lung (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Jenny Lam Ka Wing (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
• Professor Tommy Lam Tsan-yuk (Public Health)
• Professor Clara Lau Bik-san (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
• Professor Eric Lau Ho Yin (Public Health)
• Professor Lau Chak Sing (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Lau Yu-lung (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Edwin Lee Ho-ming (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Anne Lee Wing-mui (LKS Faculty of Medicine - HKUHS)
• Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung (Public Health)#
• Professor Kathy Leung Sze-man (Public Health)
• Professor Leung Wai-keung (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Liao Qiuyan (Public Health)
• Professor Lo Chung-mau (Surgery, SClinMed)
• Professor Lu Liwei (Pathology, SClinMed)
• Professor Simon Lui Sai-yu (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Professor Mak Tak-wah (Pathology, SClinMed)#
• Professor Irene Ng Oi-lin (Pathology, SClinMed)
• Professor John Malcolm Nicholls (Pathology, SClinMed)
• Professor Malik Peiris (Public Health)
• Professor Leo Poon Lit-man (Public Health)
• Professor Catherine Mary Schooling (Public Health)#
• Professor Walter Seto Wai-kay (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Sham Pak-chung (Psychiatry, SClinMed)
• Dr Vivian Shuai Huiping (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Parco Siu Ming-fai (Public Health)
• Professor Siddharth Sridhar (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Anthony Raymond Tam (Medicine, SClinMed)#
• Professor Sydney Tang Chi-wai (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Peter Tanuseputro (Family Medicine and Primary Care, SClinMed)
• Professor Tian Linwei (Public Health)
• Professor Kelvin To Kai-wang (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Tim Tsang Kam-lun (Public Health)
• Professor Tse Hung-fat (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Kelvin Wang Man-ping (Nursing)
• Professor Wang Ning (Chinese Medicine)
• Professor Wang Yu (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
• Professor Carmen Wong Chak-lui (Pathology, SClinMed) 
• Professor Wong Chun-ming (Pathology, SClinMed)
• Professor Ian Wong Chi-kei (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
• Dr Jessica Wong Yuen-ting (Public Health)
• Professor Patrick Woo Chiu Yat (Microbiology, SClinMed)#
• Professor Wu Peng (Public Health)
• Professor Joseph Wu Tsz-kei (Public Health)
• Professor Xu Aimin (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Thomas Yau Chung Cheung (Centre of Cancer Medicine, SClinMed)
• Dr Ye Ziwei (Biomedical Sciences)
• Professor Yen Hui-ling (Public Health)
• Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok (Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SClinMed)
• Professor Yip Chik Yan (Microbiology, SClinMed)#
• Professor Yuan Shuofeng (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Richard Yuen Man-fung (Medicine, SClinMed)
• Professor Jane Zhou Jie (Microbiology, SClinMed)
• Professor Maria Zhu Huachen (Public Health)

^#Honorary Professoriate

Research Output Prize/Awards

• University Research Output Prize (ROP)
• 2024
• “The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus”, Nature, 622, 7984: 810-817. Springer Nature. 
  HKU Authors: Ruopeng Xie, Kimberly E Edwards, Xiaoman Wei, Sook-San Wong, Mark Zanin, Leo Lit-Man.
• 2023
• “Attenuated replication and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 Omicron”, Nature. 603(7902):693-699. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04442-5. Epub 2022 Jan 21. PMID: 35062016. 
  HKU Authors: HP Shuai, BJ Hu, Y Chai,  Terrence TT Yuen, X Huang, CM Yoon, H Liu, JL Shi, YC Liu, TRZ Zhu, JJ Zhang, YX Hou, YX Wang, L Lu, JP Cai, SF Yuan, Jasper FW Chan, J Zhou, Anna JX Zhang, J Hin, JD Huang, Kelvin KW To, KY Yuen..
• 2022
• “Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronaviruses including SARS-Co-2”, Nature, 2021, Vol.593, pp. 418-423 by Shuofeng Yuan, Xiangzhi Meng, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Zi-Wei Ye, Chris Chun-Yiu Chan, Pok-Man Lai, Chris Chung-Sing Chan, Vincent Kwok-Man Poon, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Chun-Kit Yuen, Jianli Cao, Ronghui Liang, Kaiming Tang, Li Sheng, Wan Xu, Chit-Ying Lau, Ko-Yung Sit, Wing-Kuk Au, Runming Wang, Kong-Hung Sze, Anna Jinxia Zhang, Hin Chu, Kin-Hang Kok, Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung, Ronald Adolphus Li, Honglin Chen, Hongzhe Sun, Dong-Yan Jin, Ren Sun, Kwok-Yung Yuen.
• 2021
• “A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster”, The Lancet, 2020, Vol. 395, Issue 10223, pp. 514-523 by Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Shuofeng Yuan, Kin-Hang Kok, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Hin Chu, Jin Yang, Fanfan Xing, Jieling Liu, Cyril Chik-Yan Yip, Rosana Wing-Shan Poon, Hoi-Wah Tsoi, Simon Kam-Fai Lo, Kwok-Hung Chan, Vincent Kwok-Man Poon, Wan-Mui Chan, Jonathan Daniel Ip, Jian-Piao Cai, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng, Honglin Chen, Christopher Kim-Ming Hui, Kwok-Yung Yuen*.
• 2020
• “Association of genetically predicted testosterone with thromboembolism, heart failure, and myocardial infarction: mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank”, BMJ, 06 March 2019, Vol.364, by Shan Luo, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Jie V Zhao, Stephen Burgess, C Mary Schooling*.
• 2019
• “A Comprehensive Human Gastric Cancer Organoid Biobank Captures Tumor Subtype Heterogeneity and Enables Therapeutic Screening”, Cell Stem Cell, 2018, Vol. 23, Issue 6, pp. 882-897, by Helen HN Yan, Hoi Cheong Siu, Simon Law, Siu Lun Ho, Sarah SK Yue, Wai Yin Tsui, Dessy Chan, April S Chan, Stephanie Ma, Ka On Lam, Sina Bartfeld, Alice HY Man*, Bernard CH Lee*, Annie SY Chan, Jason WH Wong*, Priscilla SW Cheng*, Anthony KW Chan*, Jiangwen Zhang, Jue Shi, Xiaodan Fan, Dora LW Kwong*, Tak W Mak, Siu Tsan Yuen, Hans Clever, Suet Yi Leung*.
• 2018
• “The FGF21-CCL11 Axis Mediates Beiging of White Adipose Tissues by Coupling Sympathetic Nervous System to Type 2 Immunity”, Cell Metabolism, September 2017, Vol. 26, Issue 3, pp. 493 – 508, by Zhe Huang*, Ling Zhong*, Jimmy TH Lee*, Jialiang Zhang*, Donghai Wu, Leiluo Geng*, Yu Wang*, Chi-Ming Wong*, Aimin Xu*.
• 2017
• “Fractional dosing of yellow fever vaccine to extend supply: a modelling study”, The Lancet, December 2016, Vol. 388, No. 10062, pp. 2904 – 2911 by Joseph T Wu*, Corey M Peak, Gabriel M Leung*, Marc Lipsitch.
• 2016
• “Topical imiquimod before intradermal trivalent influenza vaccine for protection against heterologous non-vaccine and antigenically drifted viruses: a single-centre, double-blind, randomised, controlled phase 2b/3 trial”, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, February 2016 (published online on 8 November 2015), Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 209 – 218, by Ivan FN Hung*, Anna Jinxia Zhang*, Kelvin KW To*, Jasper FW Chan*, Patrick Li*, Tin-Lun Wong*, Ricky Zhang*, Tuen-Ching Chan*, Brian CY Chan*, Harrison H Wai*, Lok-Wun Chan*, Hugo PY Fong*, Raymond KC Hui*, Ka-Lun Kong*, Arthur CF Leung*, Abe HT Ngan*, Louise WK Tsang*, Alex PC Yeung*, Geo CN Yiu*, Wing Yung*, Johnson YN Lau*, Honglin Chen*, Kwok-Hung Chan*, Kwok-Yung Yuen*.
• 2015
• “Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study”, The Lancet, February 2014, Vol. 383, No. 9916, pp. 541 – 548, by Hongjie Yu, Joseph T Wu*, Benjamin J Cowling*, Qiaohong Liao, Vicky J Fang*, Sheng Zhou, Peng Wu*, Hang Zhou, Eric HY Lau*, Danhuai Guo, Michael Y Ni*, Zhibin Peng, Luzhao Feng, Hui Jiang, Huiming Luo, Qun Li, Zijian Feng, Yu Wang, Weizhong Yang, Gabriel M Leung*.
• Faculty Outstanding Research Output Awards
  • 2024
    • Oral emergency contraception with levonorgestrel plus piroxicam: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Lancet, 402,: 851-858. Elsevier. HKU Authors: Raymond HW Li, Sue ST Lo, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Carol HY Fong, PC Ho, Ernest HY Ng.
    • Real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron BA. 2 variant in a SARS-CoV-2 infection-naive population. Nature Medicine, 29, : 348–357. Nature Portfolio. HKU Authors: Jospeh TK Wu, Jonathan J. Lau, Samuel MS Cheng, Kathy SM Leung, Asmaa Hachim, Leo C.H. Tsang, Kenny W. H. Yam, Sara Chaothai, Kelvin K. H. Kwan, Zacary Y.H. Chai, Tiffany H.K. Lo, Sophie A. Valkenburg, Eric HY Lau, Gabriel M. Leung, Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris.
    • Global prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection between 1980 and 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 8, 6: 553-564. The Lancet Group. HKU Authors: WK Leung, Yunhao Li, Horace CW Choi, Kathy SM Leung.
    • High-throughput screening of genetic and cellular drivers of syncytium formation induced by the spike protein of SARS-CoV2. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 8, 3: 291-309 . Nature Publishing Group. HKU Authors: Alan SL Wong, WF Chan, Bei Wang, Lang Nan, Xiner Huang, Tianjiao Mao, HY Chu, Cuiting Luo, Hin Chu, CG Choi, Anderson SH Cheung.
    • Estimating the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BF.7 in Beijing after adjustment of the zero-COVID policy in November–December 2022. Nature Medicine, 29, : 579–582 . Nature Portfolio. HKU Authors: Kathy SM Leung, Eric HY Lau, Carlos KH Wong, Gabriel M. Leung, Jospeh TK Wu.
    • Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir use in pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: a target trial emulation. Nature Medicine, 30, 1: 112-6. Springer Nature Limited. HKU Authors: Benjamin John Cowling, Carlos KH Wong, Kristy TK Lau, Matthew SH Chung, Ivan CH Au, KW Cheung, Eric HY Lau, Yasmin Daoud, Gabriel M. Leung.
    • Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise and Tai Chi Interventions on Sleep Quality in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology, 2024 Feb 1, 10(2): 176-184. American Medical Association. HKU Authors: CC Lin, Naomi Takemura, Denise ST Cheung, Daniel YT Fong, Anne WM Lee, TC Lam, James CM Ho.
    • Red meat consumption, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal, 44, 28: 2626–2635. HKU Authors: Jie Zhao, Wenming Shi, Xin Huang, Catherine Mary Schooling.
    • S100A10 promotes HCC development and progression via transfer in extracellular vesicles and regulating their protein cargos. Gut, 72, 7: 1370-1384. BMJ Publishing Group Limited. HKU Authors: Irene OL Ng, Xia Wang, Hongyang Huang, Karen MF Sze, Lu Tian, Jingyi Lu, Goofy YM Tsui, HT Ma, Eva Lee, Ao Chen, Joyce MF Lee, Judy WP Yam, TT Cheung, XY Guan.
    • Cardiovascular Assessment up to One Year After COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Myocarditis. Circulation, 148, 5: 436-439. AHA Journals. HKU Authors: YF Cheung, Sabrina SL Tsao, Yumi YT Chan, Patrick Ip.
    • Organoid-based single-cell spatiotemporal gene expression landscape of human embryonic development and hematopoiesis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 8, 230: . Nature Portfolio. HKU Authors: Rio Ryohichi Sugimura, Yiming Chao, Yang Xiang, Weizhong Zheng, Pentao Liu, Yuanhua Huang.
    • Physical activity interventions to alleviate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 177, 2: 132-140. American Medical Association. HKU Authors: Parco MF Siu, Francesco Recchia, Joshua DK Bernal, Daniel YT Fong.
    • Realizing Highly Efficient Sonodynamic Bactericidal Capability through the Phonon–Electron Coupling Effect Using Two-Dimensional Catalytic Planar Defects. Advanced Materials, 35, : 2208681. HKU Authors: Kelvin WK Yeung, Congyang Mao, Wanyu Jin, Yiming Xiang, Yizhou Zhu, Kenneth MC Cheung.
    • Vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection and related hospital admission among people with substance use disorder in Hong Kong: a matched case-control study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10, 6: P403-413. Elsevier Ltd. HKU Authors: Esther WY Chan, Caige Huang, Yue Wei, Vincent KC Yan, Wei Kang, Edmund HH Yiu, Benjamin John Cowling, Celine SL Chui, Francisco TT Lai, Xue Li, Eric YF Wan, WC Chang, Albert KK Chung, CS Lau, Ian CK Wong, Carlos KH Wong.
    • Viral burden rebound in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving oral antivirals in Hong Kong: a population-wide retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23, 6: 683-695. Lancet Publishing Group. HKU Authors: Leo LM Poon, Carlos KH Wong, Kristy T.K. Lau, Ivan CH Au, Eric HY Lau, Ivan FN Hung, Benjamin John Cowling, Gabriel M. Leung.
  • 2023
    • Efficacy and Safety of Bepirovirsen in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection. N Engl J Med. 387(21):1957-1968, Nov 24 2022. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2210027. Epub 2022 Nov 8. PMID: 36346079. HKU Authors: Richard MF Yuen.
    • Sequential transarterial chemoembolisation and stereotactic body radiotherapy followed by immunotherapy as conversion therapy for patients with locally advanced, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (START-FIT): a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2023 Feb;8(2):169-178. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00339-9. Epub 2022 Dec 15. PMID: 36529152. HKU Authors: CB Li, TC Lam, SK Chan, Aya El Helali, Spring FM Kong, Albert CY Chan, K Man, CM Lo, CL Chiang.
    • Cost-effectiveness of universal screening for chronic hepatitis B virus infection in China: an economic evaluation. Lancet Global Health. 10(2)2:E278-E287. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00517-9. HKU Authors: Richard MF Yuen, WK Seto, William CW Wong.
    • Artesunate suppresses Th17 response via inhibiting IRF4-mediated glycolysis and ameliorates Sjog̈ren’s syndrome. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7, 274. doi: 10.1038/s41392. HKU Authors: F Xiao, EY Huang, LW Lu.
    • Ephrin-A3/EphA2 axis regulates cellular metabolic plasticity to enhance cancer stemness in hypoxic hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Hepatology. 77(2):383-396. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.02.018. Elsevier. HKU Authors: Husain Abdullah, Elley YT Chiu, Karen MF Sze, YM Tsui, Eliana M S Suarez, X Zhang, LK Chan, Eva Lee, Joyce MF Lee, Clive YS Chung, TT Cheung, Carmen CL Wong, Daniel WH Ho, Irene OL Ng.
    • Real-world effectiveness of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir against mortality, hospitalisation, and in-hospital outcomes among community-dwelling, ambulatory patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during the omicron wave in Hong Kong: an observational study. Lancet. 400(10359):1213-1222, October 08, 2022. Total Page: P1171-1280. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01586-0. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd. HKU Authors: Kristy TK Lau, Ivan CH Au, Eric HY Lau, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung, Carlos KH Wong.
    • Using mouse liver cancer models based on somatic genome editing to predict immune checkpoint inhibitor responses. Journal of Hepatology. 78(2):376-389. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.10.037. Elsevier. HKU Authors: PY Wong, Helen DG Xue, WH Yuen, Misty S Zhang, Y Zhang, YK Chan, David KC Chiu, CC Goh, Henry YH Lau, CT Law, PW Tse, Derek Lee, WS Cheu, Rex KH Au-Yeung, Jack CM Wong, Carmen CL Wong.
    • Carditis after COVID-19 Vaccination with a Messenger RNA Vaccine and an Inactivated Virus Vaccine. Annals of Internal Medicine. 175(3). doi: 10.7326/M21-3700. Name of publisher: American College of Physicians. PMID: 35073155. HKU Authors: K Peng, XN Tong, Celine SL Chui, Carlos KH Wong, X Li, P Ip, EYF Wan, Esther WY Chan, Ian CK Wong, Francisco TT Lai.
    • Global, regional, and national trends in opioid analgesic consumption from 2015 to 2019: a longitudinal study. Lancet Public Health. 2022, 7(4):335-346. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00013-5. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Total no. of pages: e390. HKU Authors: Kenneth KC Man, TT Ma, Adrienne YL Chan, Esther WY Chan, Ian CK Wong, Celine SL Chui.
    • Escape from cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion dependence underscores disease progression in gastric cancer organoid models. Gut. volume no: 72, issue no:2, page no: 242-255, doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-327121. HKU Authors: SP Lee, SW Yun, Annie SY Chan, Dessy Chan, T Yin, April S Chan, HS Hui, Priscilla SW Cheng, CS Or, WY Tsui, Stephanie KY Ma, Simon YK Law, ST Yuen, SY Leung, Helen HN Yan.
    • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant (AY.127) from pet hamsters to humans, leading to onward human-to-human transmission: a case study. Lancet. 399(10329):1070-1078. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00326-9. HKU Authors: HL Yen, HG Gu, Lydia DJ Chang, Pavithra Krishnan, YM Ng, YZ Liu, Mani MY Hui, SY Ho, SF Sia, W Su, KT Choy, SY Cheuk, PN Lau, WY Tang, CT Koo, Louise Yung, MS Cheng, Malik Peiris, Gabriel M Leung, Leo LM Poon.
    • Modeling comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinedose fractionation in India. Nature Medicine. 2022, Volume 28, P934-938, May 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01736-z. HKU Authors: ZW Du, WW Lim, Eric HY Lau, P Wu, Benjamin J Cowling.
    • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo. Nature. 2022 Mar. 603(7902):715-720. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04479-6. HKU Authors: KC Ng, KL Lai, K Tong, HG Gu, HH Ching, MC Cheung, John CW Ho, Kenrie PY Hui, Malik Peiris, John M Nicholls, Leo LM Poon, Michael CW Chan.
    • Physical activity and exercise for cancer-related cognitive impairment among individuals affected by childhood cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 7(1):47-58, 2023. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00286-3. Name of publisher: Elsevier. HKU Authors: Joshua D K Bernal, Francesco Recchia, Daniel YT Fong, Danny J Yu, Parco MF Siu.
    • FGF21-Sirtuin 3 Axis Confers the Protective Effects of Exercise Against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Governing Mitochondrial Integrity. Circulation. 2022;146(20):1537-1557. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059631. HKU Authors: LL Geng, L Ying, LL Shu, RY Yang, Y Liu, Y Wang, X Jiang, Q Wang, QZ Lian, Connie WH Woo, Y Wang, ZY Xia, BY Liao, XQ Yan, LG Jin, AM Xu.
    • "Isoformic PD-1-mediated immunosuppression underlies resistance to PD-1 blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Gut. Published Online First: 30 November 2022. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-327133 HKU Authors: KY Kwan, L Li, ZW Tan, WY Chi, MS Chiu, YC Wong, M Yue, YQ Song, DY Zhou, YW Wang, XX Yang, JY Zhu, K Man, CM Lo, ZW Chen."
    • Pathogenicity, transmissibility, and fitness of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Syrian hamsters. Science. 2022 Jul 22;377(6604):428-433. doi: 10.1126/science.abn8939. Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). HKU Authors: KM Tang, Anna JX Zhang, Vincent KM Poon, Chris CS Chan, Bobo WY Mok, ZZ Qin, YB Xie, Allen WH Chu, WM Chan, Jonathan D Ip, HR Sun, Kenn KH Chik, Chris CY Chan, JP Cai, CT Luo, L Lu, Cyril CY Yip, ZW Ye, CP Ong, Jessica OL Tsang, Terrence TT Yuen, SF Yuan, RH Liang, H Chu, DY Jin, Kelvin KW To, HL Chen, KY Yuen, Jasper FW Chan.
  • 2022
    • Bell’s palsy following vaccination with mRNA (BNT162b2) and inactivated (CoronaVac) SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: a case series and nested case-control study.  The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2022 Jan 1; 22(1):64-72. HKU Authors: Esther WY Chan, Celine SL Chui, Benjamin J Cowling, L Gao, Ivan FN Hung, Francisco TT Lai, Ivan CH Lam, KK Lau, X Li, Eric YF Wan, Ian CK Wong, Vincent KC Yan, Q Yu.
    • Brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy, sampling, and active referral for expectant fathers who smoke cigarettes. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Aug 1;181(8):1081-1089. HKU Authors: CJ Hsieh, TH LAM, TT Luk, Kelvin MP Wang, YS Wu.
    • Circulating thrombospondin-2 as a novel fibrosis biomarker of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2021 Sep; 44(9):2089-2097. HKU Authors: Chole YY Cheung, WS Chow, Carol HY Fong, Karn SL Lam, Paul CH Lee, David TW Lui, Walter WK Seto, Helen Y Wan, YC Woo, A Xu, MF Yuen.
    • Effects of adjusting public health, travel, and social measures during the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination: a modelling study. The Lancet Public Health. 2021;6(9):e674-e682. HKU Authors: Kathy SM Leung, Joseph TK Wu.
    • Effects of Tai Chi or Conventional Exercise on Central Obesity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Three-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021;174(8):1050-1057. HKU Authors: Edwin C Chin, Parco MF Siu, Daniel Y Tak, Angus PH Yu, Doris SF Yu.
    • Lineage tracing and single-cell analysis reveal proliferative Prom1+ tumor-propagating cells and their dynamic cellular transition during liver cancer progression. Gut. 2022 Aug;71(8):1656-1668. HKU Authors: CH Chan, Noelia Che, Joshua WK Ho, Jane HC Loong, Stephanie KY Ma, Elly SW Ngan, Kelvin Tan, M Tong, HJ Yu, Ken H Yu, Z Zhang, L Zhou
    • Multimodal investigation of rat hepatitis E virus antigenicity: Implications for infection, diagnostics, and vaccine efficacy. Journal of Hepatology. 2021 Jun;74(6):1315-1324. HKU Authors: JP Cai, Jasper FW Chan, WM Chan, H Chen, Nicholas FS Chew, J Situ, S Sridhar, L Wen, KY Yuen, S Wu, Anna JX Zhang.
    • Patient pIgR-enriched extracellular vesicles drive cancer stemness, tumorigenesis and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Hepatology. 2022 Apr;76(4): 883-895. HKU Authors: Janice YT Chan, HL Fung, Zoe Leung, Stephanie KY Ma, LY Mak, X Mao, Irene OL Ng, TH Ng, CF Sin, Alexander HN Tang, SK Tey, Danny KH Wong, Samuel WK Wong, Judy WP Yam, Cherlie LS Yeung, MF Yuen.
    • Robust SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal turbinates after treatment with systemic neutralizing antibodies. Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Apr;29(4):551-563. HKU Authors: J Cao, Chris CS Chan, Chris CY Chan, Jasper FW Chan, Z Chen, Kenn KH Chik, KY Kwan, C Li, S Li, L Liu, Vincent KM Poon, Kelvin KW To, H Xu, S Yuan, KY Yuen, Anna J Zhang, B Zhou, J Zhou, R Zhou.
    • Safety, tolerability and antiviral activity of the antisense oligonucleotide bepirovirsen in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a phase 2 randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine. 2021;27(10):1725-1734. HKU Authors: MF Yuen.
    • Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system. Cell. 2021 Apr;184(8):2212–2228. HKU Authors: JP Cai, Jasper FW Chan, KH Chan, TK Chan, SY Fung, C Huang, J Jia, DY Jin, KL Siu, Jade LL Teng, Kelvin KW To, ML Yeung, KY Yuen, SY Yung, H Zhao, R Zhou.
    • Statin associated with lower cancer risk and related mortality in patients with heart failure. European Heart Journal. 2021 Aug;42(32)3049-3059. HKU Authors: KS Cheung, HL Li, X Li, QW Ren, HF Tse, PF Wong, MZ Wu, KH Yiu, SY Yu.
    • Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination and possible arthritis flare among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Hong Kong. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2022 Apr;81(4):564-568. HKU Authors: Esther WY Chan, Celine SL Chui, P Kuan, Francisco TT Lai, CS Lau, Shirley X Li, X Tong, Eric YF Wan, Carlos KH Wong, Ian CK Wong, Winnie WY Yeung, Samson HH Yum.
    • Understanding longevity in Hong Kong: a comparative study with long-living, high-income countries. Lancet Public Health. 2021Dec;6(12):e919–e931. HKU Authors: Mathew SC Chow, Francis P Flores, SY Ho, TH Lam, Michael Y Ni, C Mary Schooling, J Shi, X Yao.
  • 2021
  • RSK2-inactivating mutations potentiate MAPK signaling and support cholesterol metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Hepatology, 2021-02, Vol.74 (2), p.360-371.  HKU Authors: LK Chan, Daniel WH Ho, Charles Shing Kam, Elley YT Chiu, Carmen CL Wong, Kenneth SH Chok, Albert CY Chan, TT Cheung, CM Wong, Irene OL Ng.
  • Beta-amyloid deposition around hepatic bile ducts is a novel pathobiological and diagnostic feature of biliary atresia. Journal of Hepatology, 2020-12, Vol.73 (6), p.1391-1403. HKU Authors: Rosana Ottakandathil Babu, Vincent CH Lui, Rachel SW Yiu, Zhongluan Wu, Michelle ON Yu, Patrick HY Chung, Kenneth KY Wong, Urban Lendahl, Paul KH Tam.
  • Organoid cultures of early-onset colorectal cancers reveal distinct and rare genetic profiles. Gut, 2020-12, Vol.69 (12), p.2165-2179. HKU Authors: Helen HN Yan, Hoi Cheong Siu, Siu Lun Ho, Sarah SK Yue, Yang Gao, Wai Yin Tsui, Dessy Chan, April S Chan, Jason WH Wong, Alice HY Man, Bernard CH Lee, Annie SY Chan, Anthony KW Chan, Ho Sang Hui, Arthur KL Cheung, Wai Lun Law, Oswens SH Lo, Siu Tsan Yuen, Suet Yi Leung.
  • Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong. Nature Medicine, 2020-11, Vol.26, p.1714-1719. HKU Authors: Dillon C Adam, Peng Wu, Jessica Y Wong, Eric HY Lau, Tim K Tsang, Gabriel M Leung, Benjamin J Cowling.
  • Efficacy and Safety of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Previously Treated With Sorafenib - The CheckMate 040 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology, 2020-11-01, Vol.6 (11), p.e204564-e204564. HKU Authors: Thomas Yau.
  • Diverse effects of hepatic steatosis on fibrosis progression and functional cure in virologically quiescent chronic hepatitis B. Journal of Hepatology, 2020-10, Vol.73 (4), p.800-806. HKU Authors: LY Mak, Rex WH Hui, James Fung, Danny KH Wong, KS Cheung, MF Yuen, WK Seto.
  • Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein exacerbates cerebral ischaemia injury by disrupting the blood–brain barrier. European Heart Journal, 2020-09-01, Vol.41 (33), p.3169-3180. HKU Authors: Boya Liao, Leiluo Geng, Lingling Shu, Patrick KK Yeung, Karen SL Lam, Sookja K Chung, Paul M Vanhoutte, Aimin Xu, Ruby LC Hoo.
  • Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions. Science, 2020-08-28, Vol.369 (6507), p.1106-1109. HKU Authors: Sheikh Taslim Ali, Eric HY Lau, Gabriel M Leung, Benjamin J Cowling.
  • Association Between Treatment With Apixaban, Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban, or Warfarin and Risk for Osteoporotic Fractures Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020-07-07, Vol.173 (1), p.1-9. HKU Authors: Wallis CY Lau, CL Cheung, Kenneth KC Man, Esther W Chan, Chor Wing Sing, CW Siu, Joanne KY Lam, Alan CH Lee, Ian CK Wong.
  • Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir–ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. The Lancet, 2020-05-30, Vol.395 (10238), p.1695-1704. HKU Authors: Ivan FN Hung, Simon Sin, Pauline Yeung, Ricky Ruiqi Zhang, Agnes YF Fung, Erica YW Yan, KH Leung, Jonathan Daniel Ip, Allen WH Chu, WM Chan, Anthony CK Ng, Jasper FW Chan, CS Lau, KH Chan, Kelvin KW To, KY Yuen.
  • Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks. Nature Medicine, 2020-05, Vol.26, p.676-680. HKU Authors: Nancy HL Leung , Daniel KW Chu, Eunice YC Shiu, KH Chan,  Benien JP Hau, HL Yen, Yuguo Li, Dennis KM Ip, JS Malik Peiris, WH Seto, Gabriel M Leung, Benjamin J Cowling.
  • Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020-05, Vol.20 (5), p.565-574. HKU Authors: Kelvin KW To, Cyril CY Yip, JP Cai, LL Chen, WM Chan, KH Chan, Jonathan Daniel Ip, Anthony CK Ng, Rosana WS Poon, CT Luo, Vincent CC Cheng, Jasper FW Chan, Ivan FN Hung, Zhiwei Chen, Honglin Chen, KY Yuen.
  • First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning: a modelling impact assessment. The Lancet, 2020-04-25, Vol.395 (10233), p.1382-1393. HKU Authors: Kathy Leung, Joseph T Wu, Di Liu, Gabriel M Leung.
  • Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia. The New England Journal of Medicine, 2020-03-26, Vol.382 (13), p.1199-1207. HKU Authors: Peng Wu, Kathy SM Leung, Eric HY Lau, Jessica Y Wong, Tommy TY Lam, Joseph T Wu, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung.
  • Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study. The Lancet, 2020-02-29, Vol.395 (10225), p.689-697. HKU Authors: Joseph T Wu, Kathy Leung, Gabriel M Leung.
  • Depression and post-traumatic stress during major social unrest in Hong Kong: a 10-year prospective cohort study. The Lancet, 2020-01-25, Vol.395 (10220), p.273-284. HKU Authors: Michael Y Ni, Xiaoxin I Yao, Kathy SM Leung, Cynthia Yau, Candi MC Leung, Phyllis Lun, Francis P Flores, Wing Chung Chang, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung.
  • 2020
  • Deregulated Gab2 phosphorylation mediates aberrant AKT and STAT3 signaling upon PIK3R1 loss in ovarian cancer. Nature communications, February 12, 2019, Vol.10(1), p.716. HKU Authors: Xinran Li, Victor CY Mak, Yuan Zhou, Esther SY Wong, Rakesh Sharma, Annie NY Cheung, Lydia WT Cheung.
  • Statins reduce the progression of non-advanced adenomas to colorectal cancer: a postcolonoscopy study in 187 897 patients. Gut, 26 November 2019, Vol.68(11), p.1979. HKU Authors: Ka-Shing Cheung, Lijia Chen, Esther W Chan, Wai-Kay Seto, Ian C K Wong, Wai K Leung*.
  • Indirect protection from vaccinating children against influenza in households. Nature communications, January 10, 2019, Vol.10(1), p.106. HKU Authors: Tim K Tsang, Vicky J Fang, Dennis KM Ip, Ranawaka APM Perera, Hau Chi So, Gabriel M Leung, JS Malik Peiris, Benjamin J Cowling.
  • Incidences, temporal trends and risks of hospitalisation for gastrointestinal bleeding in new or chronic low-dose aspirin users after treatment for Helicobacter pylori: a territory-wide cohort study. Gut, 17 March 2020, Vol.69(3), p.445. HKU Authors: Chuan-Guo Guo, Ka Shing Cheung, Feifei Zhang, Esther W Chan, Lijia Chen, Ian CK Wong, Wai K Leung.
  • Activation of Hedgehog Signaling Promotes Development of Mouse and Human Enteric Neural Crest Cells, Based on Single-Cell Transcriptome Analyses. Gastroenterology, December 2019, Vol.157(6), pp.1556-1571.e5. HKU Authors: Sin-Ting Lau, Zhixin Li, Frank PL Lai, Kathy Nga-Chu Lui, Peng Li, Elly Sau-Wai Ngan.
  • Measuring luteinising hormone pulsatility with a robotic aptamer-enabled electrochemical reader. Nature communications, February 20, 2019, Vol.10(1), p.852. HKU Authors: Shaolin Liang, Andrew B Kinghorn, Raymond HW Li, Julian A Tanner.
  • Upconversion-like Photolysis of BODIPY-Based Prodrugs via a One-Photon Process. Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 6, 2019, Vol.141(44), pp.17482-17486. HKU Authors: Wen Lv, Yafei Li, Yaming Zhang, Weiping Wang.
  • Combinatorial mutagenesis en masse optimizes the genome editing activities of SpCas9. Nature methods, August 2019, Vol.16(8), pp.722-730. HKU Authors: Gigi CG Choi, Peng Zhou, Chaya TL Yuen, Becky KC Chan, Feng Xu, Dawn Thean, Alan SL Wong.
  • Histone chaperone FACT complex mediates oxidative stress response to promote liver cancer progression. Gut, 22 February 2020 (Published Online First 22 August 2019), Vol.69(2), p.329. HKU Authors: Jialing Shen, Mengnuo Chen, Derek Lee, Cheuk-Ting Law, Lai Wei, Felice HC Tsang, Don WC Chin, Carol LH Cheng, Joyce MF Lee, Irene OL Ng, Carmen CL Wong, Chun-Ming Wong.
  • Aberrant Super-Enhancer Landscape in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Hepatology, June 2019, Vol.69(6), pp.2502-2517. HKU Authors: Felice HC Tsang, CT Law, Tsz-Ching Chloe Tang, Carol LH Cheng, Don WC Chin, Wing-Sum Vincy Tam, Lai Wei, Carmen CL Wong, Irene OL Ng, Chun-Ming Wong.
  • Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening identified PHGDH as a critical driver for Sorafenib resistance in HCC. Nature communications, 15 October 2019, Vol.10(1), pp.4681. HKU Authors: Lai Wei, Derek Lee, Cheuk-Ting Law, Misty S Zhang, Jialing Shen, Don WC Chin, Allen Zhang, Felice HC Tsang, Ceci LS Wong, Irene OL Ng, Carmen CL Wong*, Chun-Ming Wong. 
  • Adipocyte-secreted exosomal microRNA-34a inhibits M2 macrophage polarization to promote obesity-induced adipose inflammation. The Journal of clinical investigation, February 1, 2019, Vol.129(2), pp.834-849. HKU Authors: Yong Pan, Xiaoyan Hui, Ruby LC Hoo, Cyrus YC Chan, Tianshi Feng, Yu Wang, Karen SL Lam, Aimin Xu.
  • Antiviral Activity, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Capsid Assembly Modulator NVR 3-778 in Patients with Chronic HBV Infection. Gastroenterology, April 2019, Vol.156(5), pp.1392-1403.e7. HKU Author: MF Yuen.
  • 2019
  • Temperature-responsive tungsten doped vanadium dioxide thin film starves bacteria to death. Materials Today. January-February 2019, Vol.22, pp.35-49. HKU Authors: Kenneth MC Cheung and Kelvin WK Yeung.
  • Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of influenza virus: an analysis of human airway organoids and ex-vivo bronchus cultures. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. November 2018, Vol.6(11), pp.846-854. HKU Authors: Kenrie PY Hui, Rachel HH Ching, Stan KH Chan, John M Nicholls, JS Malik Peiris, Michael CW Chan.
  • Effects of Helicobacter pylori treatment on incidence of gastric cancer in older individuals. Gastroenterology. July 2018, Vol.155(1), pp.67-75. HKU Authors: Leung WK, Wong IOL, Cheung KS, Yeung KF, Chan EW, Wong AYS, Chen L, Wong ICK.
  • Long-term effects of discontinuation from antipsychotic maintenance following first episode schizophrenia and related disorders: a 10 year follow-up of a randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet Psychiatry (Article) 2018; Volume 5, Issue(5):432-442. HKU Authors: Christy LM Hui, Edwin HM Lee, Wing Chung Chang, Sherry KW Chan, Emily SM Chen, Pak Sham, Eric YH Chen.
  • Effectiveness of influenza vaccination on influenza-associated hospitalisations over time among children in Hong Kong: a test-negative case-control study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. December 2018, Vol.6(12), pp.925-934. HKU Authors: Shuo Feng, Susan S Chiu, Eunice LY Chan, Yiu Chung Lau, Prof JS Malik Peiris, Prof Benjamin J Cowling.
  • Trends in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medication use: a retrospective observational study using population-based databases. The Lancet Psychiatry. October 2018, Vol.5(10), pp.824-835. HKU Authors: Man KKC, Ip P, Wong ICK.
  • Association of an Early Intervention Service for Psychosis With Suicide Rate Among Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry. 01 May 2018, Vol.75(5), pp.458-464. HKU Authors: Sherry KW Chan, Stephanie Wing Yan Chan, Herbert H. Pang, Kang K. Yan, Christy LM Hui, WC Chang, Edwin HM Lee, EYH Chen.
  • Characterizing the dynamics underlying global spread of epidemics. Nature Communications. 2018, Vol.9(1), pp.218-218. HKU Authors: Joseph T.Wu, Lin Wang.
  • Five-Year Effectiveness of the Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme–Diabetes Mellitus (RAMP-DM) on Diabetes-Related Complications and Health Service Uses—A Population-Based and Propensity-Matched Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. January 2018, Vol.41(1), pp.49-59. HKU Authors: Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Colman Siu Cheung Fung, Fang Fang Jiao, Esther Yee Tak Yu, Weng Yee Chin, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Carlos King Ho Wong, Anca Ka Chun Chan, Karina Hiu Yen Chan, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam.
  • 2018
  • Asymmetric localization of DLC1 defines avian trunk neural crest polarity for directional delamination and migration. Nature Communications (October 2017), Volume 8, Article number: 1185. HKU Authors: Jessica Aijia Liu*, Yanxia Rao, May Pui Lai Cheung, Man-Ning Hui, Ming-Hoi Wu, Lo-Kong Chan, Irene Oi-Lin Ng, Ben Niu, Kathryn S. E. Cheah, Rakesh Sharma & Martin Cheung.
  • Cardiac protective effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning in children undergoing tetralogy of fallot repair surgery: a randomized controlled trial. European Heart Journal (March 2018) (online publish-ahead-of-print 18 February 2017), 39(12):1028-1037. HKU Authors: Haobo Li, Zhengyuan Xia.
  • Exome chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci and East Asian-specific coding variants that contribute to lipid levels and coronary artery disease. Nature Genetics (December 2017), 49(12):1722-1730. HKU authors: Tang CS, Cheung CYY, Cherny SS, Lam KSL, Tse HF, Sham PC.
  • Long-term proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer development after treatment for Helicobacter pylori: a population-based study. Free Gut (January 2018) (Epub October 2017), 67(1):28-35. HKU authors: Ka Shing Cheung, Esther W Chan, Angel Y S Wong, Lijia Chen, Ian C K Wong, Wai Keung Leung†.
  • Monitoring the fitness of antiviral-resistant influenza strains during an epidemic: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases (March 2017), Volume 17, No. 3, p339–347. HKU authors: Kathy Leung, Kwok Yung Yuen, Joseph T Wu.
  • SENP1 promotes hypoxia-induced cancer stemness by HIF-1α deSUMOylation and SENP1/HIF-1α positive feedback loop. Gut (December 2017), 66(12):2149-2159. HKU authors: Cui CP, Wong CC, Kai AK, Ho DW, Lau EY, Tsui YM, Chan LK, Cheung TT, Chok KS, Chan ACY, Lo RC, Lee JM, Lee TK, Ng IOL.
  • 2017
  • Akkermansia Muciniphila Protects Against Atherosclerosis by Preventing Metabolic Endotoxemia-Induced Inflammation in Apoe-/- Mice. Circulation (June 2016), Volume 133, Issue 24, Pages 2434-2446. HKU authors: Jin Li, Paul M. Vanhoutte, Connie W. Woo, Aimin Xu.
  • Association Between Acute Neuropsychiatric Events and Helicobacter pylori Therapy Containing Clarithromycin. JAMA Intern Med (June 2016), Volume 176, Issue 6, Pages 828-834. HKU authors: Angel Y. S. Wong; Ian C. K. Wong; Celine S. L. Chui; Edwin H. M. Lee; W. C. Chang; Eric Y. H. Chen; Wai K. Leung; Esther W. Chan.
  • Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia. Science (Jan 2016), Volume. 351, Issue 6268, Pages 81-84. HKU authors: Tommy T.-Y. Lam*, Lifeng Li*, Yongyi Shen, Yu Zhang, David K. Smith, Huachen Zhu†, Yi Guan.
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in Chinese and European individuals identifies ten new loci associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Nature Genetics (August 2016), Volume 48, No 8, Pages 940–946. HKU Authors: Yan Zhang*, Yong-Fei Wang, Ruoyan Chen, Tingyou Wang, Yu Lung Lau, Wanling Yang†.
  • Homoharringtonine (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) as an adjunct for FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia. Science Translational Medicine (Oct 2016), Volume 8, Issue 359, Pages 359ra129. HKU authors: Stephen S. Y. Lam*, Eric S. K. Ho*, Bai-Liang He, Wui-Wing Wong, Chae-Yin Cher, Nelson K. L. Ng, Cheuk-Him Man, Harinder Gill, Alice M. S. Cheung, Ho-Wan Ip, Chi-Chiu So, Yok-Lam Kwong and Anskar Y. H. Leung†.
  • Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans. Nature Genetics (February 2016), Volume 48, No 2, Pages 195-200. HKU authors: Leo L M Poon*, Yi Guan, Joseph S M Peiris, Benjamin J Cowling†#.
  • RNF43 germline and somatic mutation in serrated neoplasia pathway and its association with BRAF mutation. Gut. 2017 Sep;66(9):1645-1656. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311849. HKU authors: Helen H N Yan*, Jeffrey C W Lai*, Siu Lun Ho, Wai Keung Leung, Wai Lun Law, Anthony K W Chan, Wai Yin Tsui, Annie S Y Chan, Bernard C H Lee, Sarah S K Yue, Alice H Y Man, Siu Tsan Yuen†, Suet Yi Leung†.
  • Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. PLOS Medicine (March 2016), Volume 13, No 3. HKU authors: Joseph T. Wu*†, Kathy Leung, Benjamin J. Cowling, Bingyi Yang, Eric H. Y. Lau & Gabriel M. Leung^.
  • 2016
  • Adiponectin Enhances Cold-Induced Browning of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue via Promoting M2 Macrophage Proliferation. Cell Metabolism (August 2015), Volume 22, Issue 2, p279–290. HKU authors: Xiaoyan Hui*, Ping Gu*, Jialiang Zhang, Yong Pan, Tianshi Feng, Cheng Zhong, Yu Wang, Karen S.L. Lam, Aimin Xu†.
  • Timeless Interacts with PARP-1 to Promote Homologous Recombination Repair. Molecular Cell (October 2015), Volume 60, Issue 1, p163–176. HKU authors: Si Xie, Chengmin Qian†.
  • Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China. Nature (Letter) (June 2015), Volume 522, Issue 7554, pp. 102–105. HKU authors: Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam*, Jia Wang*, Yujuan Chai*, Yongyi Shen*, Chi Ma, Lian Duan, Junfei Jiang, Yu Zhang, Lifeng Li, Leo Lit Man Poon, David K. Smith, Gabriel M. Leung, Joseph S. M. Peiris, Yi Guan† & Huachen Zhu†.
  • Prevention of Dabigatran-Related Gastrointestinal Bleeding With Gastroprotective Agents: A Population-Based Study. Gastroenterology (September 2015), Volume 149, Issue 3, Pages 586–595. HKU authors:Esther W. Chan*, Wallis C. Y. Lau*, Wai K. Leung, Ying He, Teresa S. M. Tong, and Ian C. K. Wong†.
  • 2015
  • Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China: a population-based study of laboratory-confirmed cases. The Lancet (July 2013), Volume 382, Issue 9887, pp. 129 – 137. HKU authors: Benjamin J Cowling*, Eric HY Lau, Peng Wu, Tim K Tsang, Vicky J Fang, Michael Y Ni, Dennis KM Ip, Joseph T Wu, Gabriel M Leung†.
  • Human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an assessment of clinical severity. The Lancet (July 2013), Volume 382, Issue 9887, pp. 138 – 145. HKU authors: Bnjamin J Cowling*, Eric HY Lau*, Tim K Tsang, Peng Wu, Vicky J Fang, Joseph T Wu† and Gabriel M Leung.

Outstanding Researcher Award (ORA)

• Professor P Ip, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent (2023-24)
• Professor SKY Ma, School of Biomedical Sciences (2022-23)
• Professor Z Chen, Department of Microbiology (2020-21)
• Professor IFN Hung, Department of Medicine (2018-19)
• Professor BJ Cowling, School of Public Health (2016-17)
• Professor LLM Poon, School of Public Health (2016-17)
• Professor SCW Tang, Department of Medicine (2015-16)
• Professor J Huang, School of Biomedical Sciences (2014-15)
• Professor Y Guan, School of Public Health (2013-14)
• Professor Z Zhou, School of Biomedical Sciences (2013-14)
• Professor L Lu, Department of Pathology (2012-13)
• Professor X Guan, Department of Clinical Oncology (2011-12)
• Professor RMF Yuen, Department of Medicine (2009-10)

Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA)

• Professor S Yuan, Department of Microbiology (2023-24)
• Professor H Chu, Department of Microbiology (2022-23)
• Professor SL Wong, School of Biomedical Sciences (2022-23)
• Professor LWT Cheung, School of Biomedical Sciences (2021-22)
• Professor JFW Chan, Department of Microbiology (2020-21)
• Professor MYX Ni, School of Public Health (2020-21)
• Professor EWY Chan, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy (2017-18)
• Professor VHF Lee, Department of Clinical Oncology (2017-18)
• Professor WKW Seto, Department of Medicine (2016-17)
• Professor CCL Wong, Department of Pathology (2016-17)
• Professor JA Tanner, School of Biomedical Sciences (2015-16)
• Professor H Zhu, School of Public Health (2015-16)
• Professor JTK Wu, School of Public Health (2013-14)
• Dr JJ Wang, School of Biomedical Sciences (2011-12)

Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (ORSSA)

• Professor W Tu, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent (2023-24)
• Professor SCW Tang, Department of Medicine (2022-23)
• Professor CCL Wong, Department of Pathology (2022-23)
• Professor CM Wong, Department of Pathology (2021-22)
• Professor Z Chen, Department of Microbiology (2020-21)
• Professor AYH Leung, Department of Medicine (2017-18)
• Professor JA Tanner, School of Biomedical Sciences (2016-17)
• Professor XY Guan, Department of Clinical Oncology (2015-16)
• Professor DY Jin, School of Biomedical Sciences (2013-14)
• Professor ANY Cheung, Department of Pathology (2011-12)
• Professor YS Chan, School of Biomedical Sciences (2009-10)