Professor Sham Mai-har

Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Research)
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences

BSc, MPhil (CUHK), PhD (Cantab)

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Employment

2020-present, Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020-present, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2016-2020, Associate Vice-President (Research), The University of Hong Kong
2013-2020, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2013-2016, Director, Centre for Reproduction development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
2009-2015, Head, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong
2001-2009, Assistant Dean (Research), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
2001-2013, Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong
1991-2000, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong
1987-1991, Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institute for Medical Research, London, U.K.

Molecular and developmental genetics, human congenital disorders, transcriptional regulation and functional genomics, craniofacial malformations, sensory and neural development and diseases, stem cells and organoids, single-cell technologies.

2009, Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award, The University of Hong Kong
2008, Faculty Teaching Medal, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

2020-present, President, Hong Kong Society of Developmental Biology
2019-present, Member, World Conference on Research Integrity Foundation
2021-present, Editorial Board Member, Cell and Bioscience
2019-2023, Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
2012-2013, Guest Editor, Developmental Biology, Special Issue on Enteric Nervous System Development
2010-present, Review Editor, Frontiers of Autonomic Neuroscience
2008-2010. Academic Editor, PLoS ONE