The Li Ka Shing Prizes are awarded on the basis of academic excellence to rpg students. Previous Prizes recipients include:
| Year | Awardee (Programme/Department) |
Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | Dr TAO Qian (PhD/Pathology) |
Cellular localization and gene expression of Epstein-Barr virus in non-neoplastic nasal mucosa and nasal lymphoma |
| 1997-99 | Dr CHIANG Kwok Shing (PhD/Pathology) |
Pathogenetic role of Epstein-Barr virus relation to tumour cell characteristics of nasal T/NK cells lymphomas |
| Miss CHAN Shuk Yee (MPhil/Pathology) |
Expression of angiogenic regulators in gliomas | |
| 1999-01 | Dr Nathaniel J DOMINY (PhD/Anatomy*) |
Trichromacy and the ecology of food selection in four African primates |
| Mr LEE Kin Wah (MPhil/Pathology) |
Targeted gene delivery using a receptor-mediated gene transfer system and chemosensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma | |
| 2001-03 | Dr JIANG Xiaohua (PhD/Medicine) |
Targeting cell signaling pathway in treatment of gastric cancer by chemotherapeutic agents |
| Ms GUO Hong (MPhil/Medicine) |
Effects of anti-DNA antibodies on pleural mesothelial cells: in vitro studies to explore the pathogenetic mechanism of pulmonary lupus | |
| 2003-05 | Dr CHEUNG Chung Yan (PhD/Microbiology) |
Response of human primary monocyte-derived macrophages to infection with highly pathogenic human influenza A virus subtype H5N1 |
| Mr HO Wing Yuen (MPhil/Surgery) |
Selective plasma filtration as a liver support system for patients with fulminant hepatic failure | |
| 2005-06 | Dr PANG Wen Chi Roberta (PhD/Medicine) |
The role of Pin1 in the pathogenesis of human hepatocellular carcinoma |
| 2006-07 | Dr LIU Baohua (PhD/Biochemistry*) |
Genomic instability and accelerated senescence in laminopathy-based premature ageing |
| Dr MA Kwai Yee Stephanie (PhD/Pathology) |
Identification and characterization of tumorigenic liver cancer stem/progenitor cells | |
| 2008-09 | Dr WONG Chak Lui (PhD/Pathology) |
Regulations and functions of Rho-kinases in hepatocellular carcinoma |
| 2009-10 | Dr CHEN Leilei (PhD/Clinical Oncology) |
Identification and characterization of CHD1L in hepatocellular carcinoma |
| 2010-11 | Dr LIU Chenli (PhD/Biochemistry*) |
Formation of novel biological patterns by controlling cell motility |
| 2011-12 | Dr LI Yan (PhD/Clinical Oncology) |
Identification and characterization of two oncogenes SPOCK1 and AZIN1 in hepatocellular carcinoma |
| 2012-13 | Mr WONG Hoi Kin (MPhil/Medicine) |
New factors that affect adrenomedullin expression |
| 2013-14 | Dr LIANG Qingning (PhD/Medicine) |
Fibroblast growth factor 21 as a novel stress-responsive hormone during starvation and physical exercise |
| Miss LO Jessica (MPhil/Pathology) |
Functional characterization and therapeutic implication of CD47 in sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma | |
| 2014-15 | Mr LAI Kit Ho (MPhil/Pathology) |
The clinical relevance and roles of NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) 1 alpha subcomplex 4-like 2 in hepatocellular carcinoma progression |
| Dr LEE Siu Po (PhD/Pathology) |
Identification and characterisation of novel driver genes in human gastric cancers | |
| 2015-16 | Miss CHENG Yik Ling Bowie (MPhil/Pathology) |
Functional characterization and therapeutic role of Interleukin-1 |
| Dr HE Bailiang (PhD/Medicine) |
Functional study of zebrafish Flt3 in embryonic hematopoiesis with particular reference to modeling human FLT3/ITD AML | |
| 2016-17 | Mr CHONG Chun Kong (MPhil/Medicine) |
Role of hepatitis B core and X proteins in HBV transcription and recruitment of histone modifying enzymes to HBV covalently closed circular DNA |
| Dr CHIU Kung Chun (PhD/Pathology) |
The Role of hypoxia on myeloid-derived suppressor cell accumulation in hepatocellular carcinoma | |
| 2017-18 | Dr AN Liwei (PhD/School of Biomedical Sciences) |
Role of ring finger protein 169 in DNA double strand break signaling and repair |
| Miss KO Wai Tung (MPhil/Psychiatry) |
Semantic networks and their disruptions in psychotic disorders | |
| 2018-19 | Miss YIU Pei Tung (MPhil/Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine) |
Cellular mechanism of reactivation of lytic cycle of Epstein-barr Virus (EBV) by a novel compound, C7, in EBV-associated epithelial malignancies |
| Dr CHEN Mengnuo (PhD/Pathology) |
Dysregulations and functions of RNA modifying enzymes METTL3 and TRMT6 in hepatocellular carcinoma |
* Subsumed under the School of Biomedical Sciences since July 1, 2015