Medical Faculty News v25i1

Miss Cheng Yanhua （程艷華） , PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, was awarded 1st Prize of the Young Investigators’ Award at the 8th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, in Shanghai on November 4, 2018. Mr Bryan Chua Jinghui （蔡競輝） , Mr Hsu Shi-shin （徐士心） and Mr Justin Ma Hei-chun （馬 曦俊） , Master of Research in Medicine candidates, Department of Medicine, were awarded the BL Wong Scholarships for Master of Research in Medicine and Yu Chun Keung Memorial Scholarship for Master of Research in Medicine by the Faculty on March 11, 2019. Mr Hu Yefan （胡葉凡） , PhD candidate, Department of Medicine, was awarded the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, 2019/20 by the Research Grants Council on April 25, 2019. Ms Suzanna Kwok Sum-sum （郭琛琛） , Master of Research in Medicine candidate, Department of Ophthalmology, was awarded the Young Investigator Award for Best Oral Presentation at the Hong Kong Healthy Aging Symposium 2019 on March 17, 2019. Mr Luk Tzu-tsun （陸子璡） , PhD candidate, School of Nursing, was awarded the SRNT Travel Award by the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco on January 8, 2019; the YS and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship 2018/19 by the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee on April 25, 2019; and the Pi Iota Chapter Scholarship Award 2018/19 by the Pi Iota Chapter Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, School of Nursing, of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on May 25, 2019. Ms Luo Shan （駱珊） , PhD candidate, School of Public Health, was awarded the YS and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship 2018/19 by the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee on April 25, 2019; and Bau Tsu Zung Bau Kwan Yeu Hing Research and Clinical Fellowship by the Faculty on April 26, 2019. Ms Fatin Nurizzati Binti Mohd Jaya , PhD candidate (supervisor: Professor Godfrey Chan Chi-fung （陳志峯） , Tsao Yen-Chow Professor in Paediatrics and Adolescent), Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, won the Champion in HKU Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition in August 2019. Ms Qiu Yingshan （邱穎珊） , PhD candidate (supervisor: Dr Jenny Lam Ka-wing （林嘉穎） , Associate Professor), Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, won the 1st Runner-up prize in the HKU Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition in August 2019. Miss Sham Tik-sze （沈迪施） , Miss Tong Yee- man （唐綺雯） and Miss Karen Wong Kai-yan （黃 楷茵） , students of the School of Chinese Medicine, were awarded the 中醫藥專業人材培訓教育基金 by Hong Kong Yee Yee Tong Chinese Medicine Merchants Association Ltd. on February 26, 2019. Mr Hsu Shi-shin （徐士心） , Mr Lin Wing- hin （連潁軒） and Mr Sze Shun-yin （施純賢） , Master of Research in Medicine candidates, Department of Medicine, were awarded the Mr & Mrs SH Wong Foundation Scholarship for Master of Research in Medicine by the Faculty on December 7, 2018. Mr Wang Jue （王珏） , postgraduate candidate, Department of Surgery, was awarded the Champion Team of Interdisciplinary Research Competition 2019 by HKU on April 17, 2019. Ms Xia Wei （夏薇） , PhD candidate (supervisor: Dr William Li Ho-cheung （李浩祥） , Associate Professor), School of Nursing, won the 2nd Runner- up prize in the HKU Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition in August 2019. Mr Yeung Ho-ching （楊浩程） , PhD candidate, School of Public Health, was awarded the YS and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship 2018/19 by the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee on April 25, 2019. Ms Zhang Wen （張雯） , PhD candidate, School of Nursing, was awarded the Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Funds 2019-20 by University Research Committee, HKU on April 24, 2019. Dr An Liwei （安利偉） , PhD candidate, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Miss Ko Wai-tung （高瑋 彤） , MPhil candidate, Department of Psychiatry, under SMET Faculty Group*, were awarded Li Ka Shing Prizes by HKU in July 2019. Dr Kulper Sloan Austin , PhD candidate, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, under SMET Faculty Group*, was awarded Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student Award by HKU in July 2019. * SMET Faculty Group (Science, Medicine, Engineering and Technology Faculty Group): Faculties of Dentistry, Engineering, Medicine and Science (As of June 2019) 74 Next Generation