Our Faculty’s strategic areas place heavy emphasis on collaborative research efforts; faculties and departments are not silos, they are an inextricable part of the University community, just as universities are a part of the wider community and international fields of knowledge.
Regionally and internationally we take pride in our world-class researchers who continue to engage in a plethora of collaborative research initiatives, public-private partnerships, world-class seminars and symposia, community workshops, and public outreach, with the goal to improve global human health.
Areas of Excellence
2019
- Institute of Metabolic Medicine
- Project Coordinator: Professor Aimin XU
2010
2008
2004
Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS)
2020
- Towards Personalized and Innovative Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
- Project Coordinator: Professor Anskar Yu Hung LEUNG
2019
- Control of Influenza: Individual and Population Immunity
- Project Coordinator: Professor Benjamin John COWLING
- Fighting Disease Recurrence and Promoting Tissue Repair after Liver Transplantation: Translating Basic Discoveries to Clinical Excellence
- Project Coordinator: Professor Chung-mau LO
2018
- Potentiating Host Immunity for HIV-1 Functional Cure
- Project Coordinator: Professor Zhiwei CHEN
2017
- Translational Studies for Elucidating the Tumor Heterogeneity and Molecular Evolution in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers for Personalized Medicine
- Project Coordinator: Professor Maria Li LUN
2016
- Gastric Cancer Genomics and Beyond - Moving from Patient Samples to 3D Organoid Cultures for Integrative Genomics Analysis, Drug Sensitivity Assays, Cell Biological Studies and Animal Models
- Project Coordinator: Professor Suet-yi LEUNG
- Understanding Cancer Stemness in Liver Cancer - From Regulation to Translational Applications
- Project Coordinator: Professor Irene Oi-lin NG
2015
- Molecular Basis for Interspecies Transmission and Pathogenesis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
- Project Coordinator: Professor Patrick Chiu-yat WOO
2014
- Genetics and Functional Genomics of Neural Crest Stem Cells and Associated Disease: Hirschsprung Disease
- Project Coordinator: Professor Paul Kwong-hang TAM
- Viral, Host and Environmental Determinants of Influenza Virus Transmission and Pathogenesis
- Project Coordinator: Professor Joseph Sriyal Malik PEIRIS
2012
- Functional analyses of how genomic variation affects personal risk for degenerative skeletal disorders
- Project Coordinator: Professor Kathryn Song-eng CHEAH
2011
- Personalized Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Genomic Testing and Biomarkers to Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform
- Project Coordinator: Professor Hung-fat TSE
WHO H5 Reference Laboratory
The Centre of Influenza Research at HKU is one of 12 laboratories worldwide designated as a WHO H5 reference laboratory. Its mandate is to provide international reference laboratory services and training onH5 and other animal influenza viruses with zoonotic potential, to provide WHO with data and risk assessment relevant to such zoonotic threats and advice on selection of relevant viruses for pre-pandemic vaccine development. As part of these responsibilities the HKU laboratory takes part in the twice-yearly WHO influenza vaccine strain selection meetings. Over the years the HKU laboratory was involved in aiding and training to countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia.
Visit their website at: www.who.int/influenza/gisrs_laboratory/h5_reflabs/en/
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