To enhance people’s understanding on the latest development of cutting-edge medical technology in Hong Kong, and to strengthen the public’s knowledge on different health issues as well as enhance their awareness on the prevention of and latest treatments for diseases, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong is co-organising the “Explore the World of Medicine” Public Lecture Series 2013 with the Hong Kong Public Libraries this year.
This is the seventh consecutive years that this community health education programme has been organised. Comprising a total of eight lectures to be held from March to June and September to December 2013, academics from the Faculty will share their professional knowledge and illustrate their fruits of research in different medical disciplines.
| Details of the lectures are shown as below: | |
| Venue: | Lecture Theatre, G/F, Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay |
Lecture 1 Advancement of Stem Cell Therapy
| Topic 1 | Stem Cell: The Science, the Politics and Us |
| Speaker | Professor Ronald Adolphus Li S.Y. and H.Y. Cheng Professor in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Director of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Consortium HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | The Myth and Reality of Stem Cell Therapy: from Dolly the Sheep to Cord Blood Banking |
| Speaker | Professor Godfrey Chan Chi-fung Clinical Professor & Head, Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | March 9, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: February 22, 2013 | |
Lecture 2 Caring for Our Next Generation: Knowledge for Parenting
| Topic 1 | How Much Can We Know about a Child Before Birth– A Look into Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation |
| Speaker | Dr Anita Kan Sik-yau Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Queen Mary Hospital |
| Topic 2 | Infant Nutrition and Breast Feeding |
| Speaker | Dr Rosanna Wong Ming-sum Associate Consultant, Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Queen Mary Hospital |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | April 13, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: March 28, 2013 | |
Lecture 3 New Understanding of Brain Function and Overcoming Parkinson’s Disease
| Topic 1 | How Does the Brain Command Limb Movements? |
| Speaker | Dr Gilberto Leung Ka-kit Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | Overcoming Parkinson’s Disease |
| Speaker | Dr Tsoi Tak-hong Chief of Service and Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | May 4, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: April 19, 2013 | |
Lecture 4 Confronting Cancer
| Topic 1 | Tailoring Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients |
| Speaker | Dr Janice Tsang Wing-hang Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | Decision Aids to Help Patients Who are Facing Cancer Treatment Decisions |
| Speaker | Dr Wendy Lam Wing-tak Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | June 8, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: May 24, 2013 | |
Lecture 5 Unravelling the Mystery of the Human Brain and Medically Unexplained Symptoms
| Topic 1 | Unravelling the Mystery of the Human Brain – functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) |
| Speaker | Dr Henry Mak Ka-fung Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | What is Medically Unexplained Symptoms? |
| Speaker | Dr Andy Cheung Kit-ying Specialist in Family Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | September 14, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: August 30, 2013 | |
Lecture 6 New Treatments in Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Scoliosis and Hand Problems
| Topic 1 | Recent Advances in Treatments of Scoliosis in Children |
| Speaker | Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee Jessie Ho Professor in Spine Surgery Clinical Professor & Head, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Dr Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | The Wonderful World Under the Scopes – Minimal Invasive Surgery in Common Hand and Wrist Problems |
| Speaker | Dr Ip Wing-yuk Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | October 12, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: September 26, 2013 | |
Lecture 7 Genetics and Its Relationship to Drug Response and Microbe Warfare
| Topic 1 | Personalised Medicine – the Association between Genetics and Drug Response |
| Speaker | Dr May Lam Pui-san Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | War Against the Microbes |
| Speaker | Dr Richard Kao Yi-tsun Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | November 2, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: October 18, 2013 | |
Lecture 8 Cutting-edge Treatments for Stroke
| Topic 1 | Advances in Stroke Management |
| Speaker | Professor Raymond Cheung Tak-fai Lee Man-Chiu Professorship in Neuroscience Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Topic 2 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Stroke (Conducted in Mandarin) |
| Speaker | Professor Shen Jiangang Professor & Assistant Director (Research), School of Chinese Medicine HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Presentation Slides Online Video | |
| Date | December 7, 2013 (Saturday) |
| Time | 10:00am - 12:00nn |
| Online registration starts: November 22, 2013 | |
| Remarks: | Enquiry |
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Telephone: 3917 9994 Email: medfac@hku.hk |
| Lecture will be cancelled if: | |
| Tropical cyclone signal no. 8 or above is issued or black rainstorm warning signal is in force at or after 8:00 am. |