The Stanley Ho Professorship of Respiratory Medicine was established by the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation in support of academic research on respiratory medicine and infectious diseases. The first incumbent is Prof. Hui Shu-cheong David, head, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK. Professor Hui is currently director of Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. 


In his inaugural lecture titled ‘Respiratory Failure: from SARS to Severe Influenza’ on 21 November, Professor Hui said that room dimension and air exchange rate are important factors in isolation room design for the prevention of room contamination by exhaled air from infectious patients requiring oxygen therapy or non-invasive ventilation for respiratory failure.