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medicine at the Prince o f Wales Hospital. Apart from patient care and teaching, Dr. Pang is actively engaged in clinical research. His main research interests are in asthma, bronchiectasis and lung cancer. He has published numerous papers on these and other lung diseases. Currently president o f the American College o f Chest Physicians, Hong Kong and Macau Chapter, honorary treasurer and founding council member o f the Hong Kong Thoracic Society, and chairman o f the subcommittee on specialty training o f both societies, Dr. Pang is also a member o f the Pneumoconicosis Compensation Fund Board Research Committee and the Editorial Advisory Board o f Medicine International, UK. His other interests include reading, music, and sports. His sporting achievements came relatively late in life but they include several winner's medals in breast stroke for the over thirties in the absence o f serious opposition, and his contribution in enabling the Faculty o f Medicine to win the Vice-Chancellor's Cup in tennis in the presence o f very serious opposi tion in 1986. Dr. Julie H. Yu Lecturer, Depa rtment o f Marke ting and Interna tional Business Dr. Julie H. Yu is a gradu ate o f the University o f Missouri-Columbia, where she earned a PhD in mar keting w ith minors in statistics, computer appli cations, and economics. Other degrees include an MBA (marketing), MSEE (biomedical engineering), and BA (biological sciences). Her current research interests include marketing research methodology (incentives used to increase response rates to questionnaires, errors encountered in research) and cross-cultural consumer behaviour issues. Dr. Yu has presented papers at several mar keting and computer applications conferences and some o f these has been published in the Journal o f Marke ting Research. She also serves as a reviewer for the International Journal o f Research in Marke ting and the Journal o f the Academy o f Marke ting Science. Dr. Yu has consulted extensively in the past in several goods and service marketing areas, primarily health services. Past clients include Rolls-Royce Motors, Brother International Corporation, and Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows. Prior to joining the faculty o f the University, Dr. Yu taught at Wake Forest University, Hofstra University, and the University of Hawaii. Dr. Yu's professional memberships include the American Mar keting Association, Academy o f International Busi ness, American Statistical Association, and Mu Kappa Tau (honorary marketing society). Special awards and honours conferred upon Dr. Yu include an American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, as well as a mention in the forthcoming edition o f Marquis Who's Who. Mrs. Joyce Lai Ma Lai Chong Lecturer, Depa rtment o f Social Work Mrs, Joyce Lai was gradu ated from the University o f Hong Kong in 1979 , majoring in Social Work. She joined the United Christian Hospital as a medical social worker, working w ith the mentally-sick patients and their families. A fter three years o f working , Mrs. Lai further pursued her postgraduate studies on a part-time basis at the University o f Hong Kong. She got her MSocSc degree (Social Work) in 1984. Before joining this University, Mrs. Lai also worked as a field instructor in the Social Work Department o f the University o f Hong Kong, Her main interest is on clinical social work, and medical and mental health services. She has written several academic papers on these subjects. Currently she works on a research project to evaluate the effectiveness o f a half-way house in helping the mentally-ill residents. Dr. Hing-chu B. Lee Le cturer , Depa rtment o f Psychology Dr. Hing-chu B. Lee was bom in Canton, China, but was raised in Hong Kong. After graduation from the University o f Hong Kong, she continued her postgraduate work at the University o f South Dakota in the United States o f America. She received her PhD degree in 1983 and has been licensed to practise clinical psychology in Tennessee, USA, since 1986. Dr. Lee worked as a clinical psychologist in both government and private psychiatric hospitals in Virginia and Tennessee before coming back to Hong Kong. She joined this Univer sity in July 1988 as a lecturer on the MSc programme in clinical psychology. 21
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