Opening of CUHK Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Research Institute (Futian)

Located in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone in Shenzhen, CUHK Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Research Institute (Futian) is a strategic priority of CUHK in driving cross-border I&T collaborations in the year that marks the 60th anniversary of the University.

The ceremony was attended by dignitaries from Shenzhen including Mr Yang Shengjun, member of the CPC Leadership Group of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Goverment, Mr Wang Daping, Vice-Chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Mr Wang Youming, Director of the Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission, Mr Huang Wei, CPC Secretary of the Futian District Committee, Mr Fan Kun, member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPPCC and Director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mr Jiang Baoguo, Director of the Faculty of Medicine of Shenzhen University. Representing CUHK were Professor Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, Professor Alan K. L. Chan, Provost of CUHK, Professor Chan Wai-yee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Developments) of CUHK, Professor Sham Mai-har, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of CUHK, Professor Qin Ling, Director of FITRI. The event was also attended by representatives from across Shenzhen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), hospitals and industry partners in Shenzhen, and media from both sides of the border.

Decades of Excellence: Professor Patrick Yung and the AFC

Congrats to Professor Patrick Yung for receiving the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) 15 Year Service Award! Our HK delegation, lead by Professor Yung, went on a successful journey to the AFC Medical Conference - Asia's leading Football Medicine conference in Doha, Qatar.

19th Annual Meeting of The Joint Scoliosis Research Center of the CUHK and the Nanjing University

On 7 Jan 2023, the Joint Scoliosis Research Center (JSRC) of our department co-organized the 19th annual meeting with Nanjing University.

The annual meeting began after Prof. Jack Chun Yiu Cheng and Prof Yong Qiu officiated its opening. Clinical and basic research works on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are the main theme covering big data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence studies, bone and muscle metabolism, as well as novel animal models in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Challenging surgical cases were also reviewed. The meeting was attended by over 60 colleagues from both universities.

Five Projects Successfully Funded by HMRF or National Key Research and Development Program

Congratulations are in order for our principal investigators and their project teams! Our department has successfully obtained support from the HMRF for four research projects. Furthermore, Prof. Huating Wang has also obtained support from the National Key Research and Development Program under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

PI: - Prof. Louis Cheung

Title of project: - Validation of Three Best Performance HR-pQCT Parameters for Identifying High-risk Fragility Fracture Patients

Funding body: - HMRF

PI: - Prof. Huating Wang

Title of project: - Stem cell senescence in skeletal muscle ageing: mechanism and treatment for sarcopenia

Funding body: - HMRF

PI: - Prof. Samuel Ling

Title of project: - A Randomised Controlled Trial on the Clinical Effectiveness of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy as an Adjunct Treatment for Achilles Tendinopathy

Funding body: - HMRF

PI: - Prof. Wayne Lee

Title of project: - Can honokiol, a Sirt3 activator, enhance the effect of vitamin D on age-related bone and muscle loss?

Funding body: - HMRF

PI: - Prof. Huating Wang

Title of project: - 代謝微環境紊亂對骨骼肌疾病和穩態維持的功能及干預策略

Funding body: - MOST

[From left to right] - Prof. Louis Cheung, Prof. Huating Wang, Prof. Samuel Ling and Prof. Wayne Lee