by admin | Nov 15, 2024
As a secondary school student, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Henry Fok Professor in Infectious Diseases, was a keen member of the astronomy club. Little did he realise that his fascination with the universe would lay the seeds for his future career at the opposite scale –...
by admin | Nov 14, 2024
The pandemic had many downsides but for Professor Nancy Man Kwan, Chair Professor of Transplant Oncology and Immunology from the Department of Surgery and an expert in liver transplantation and disease, it offered a silver lining. Forced to halt her visits to...
by admin | Nov 13, 2024
Chronic hepatitis B infection can remain asymptomatic for decades, yet left untreated, it can cause severe damage to the liver and lead to life-threatening conditions such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, the third leading cause of cancer deaths in Hong Kong. About...
by admin | Nov 13, 2024
In the Hollywood movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, characters get their memories erased to help them forget about bad relationships. It is one of Professor Cora Lai Sau-wan’s favourite films and it has inspired her in ways that show how life can imitate...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
On the surface, determining a person’s sense of loneliness and social isolation should be straightforward: just ask them how they feel and who they are socially connected with. But the reality is much more complicated, says Professor Chen Yu-chih, Assistant Professor...
