Research Projects
AI for precision medicine and drug discovery

We develop mechanistic dynamical model of health and diseases, and advanced AI models to identify patient-specific optimized therapy, novel drug targets, and design of new drugs. 

Professor Q Zhang, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

Professor Qingpeng Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science and the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at HKU. His research interests include medical informatics, AI in drug discovery, healthcare data analytics and network science. His research has been published in leading journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Communications, PNAS, and MIS Quarterly, as well as featured in press such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, BBC, The Times, The Guardian and Ming Pao.

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qpzhang@hku.hk

For more information or to express interest for this project, please email the supervisor or the specified contact point in the project description.  Interested candidates are advised to enclose with your email:

1. your CV,
2. a brief description of your research interest and experience, and
3. two reference letters (not required for HKUMed UG students seeking MRes[Med]/URIS projects).

Information on the research programme, funding support and admission documentations could be referenced online at the Research Postgraduate Admissions website. General admission enquiries should be directed to rpgmed@hku.hk.

HKUMed MBBS students interested in the Master of Research in Medicine (MRes[Med]) programme may visit the programme website for more information.  

HKUMed UG students interested in the Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme (URIS) may visit the scheme’s website for more information.