Supervisors for the program of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences
Full-time Supervisors | ||
Name | Position | Research Interest |
Tam Kwong Hang (Paul) | Chair Professor | Genetics and development biology of Hirschsprung’s disease and other birth defects; Genomics of childhood tumours; Immunology and inflammation; Minimal invasive surgery; Biliary atresia, choledochal cyst. |
Jiang Zhi Hong | Chair Professor | Natural products chemistry; Interaction of pharmacologically-active natural products with biomacromolecules; Quality control of Chinese medicinal herbs |
Zhu Yi Zhun | Chair Professor | Pharmacology; New drug research and development; Cardiovascular and immune disease research. |
Zhang Kang | Chair Professor | Ophthalmology; Human Genetics; Stem Cell Research; Gene Editing; Artificial Intelligence. |
| Yao He | Professor | Construction of Nano-biomedicine Platform, Development of New Medical Imaging Probes, Multi-functional Nano Drug Carriers and Nano Chinese and Western Medicine Reagents to provide new tools and methods for the precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases (such as tumors, eye diseases, etc.) |
Wong Kam Wai | Professor | Molecular docking and Omics technology for innovative drug research; Mechanistic studies and drug targets identification of natural products for cancer and inflammatory diseases; Autophagy and cancer; Apoptosis-resistant mechanism in cancer. |
Wu Qi Biao | Professor | Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Internal Medicine; Study on the mechanism of drug resistance in lung cancer and the synergistic effect of Chinese and Western drugs; Evidence-based medical research on the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. |
Xiao Ying | Professor | Nutrition and Diseases; Risk Assessment in Food Safety; Toxicology Evaluation in Food Safety. |
Ye Li | Professor | Immunology and Microbiology; Modern Biotechnology. |
Brian Tomlinson | Professor | Pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and their contribution to atheromatous disease |
Sookja Kim Chung | Professor | OMICS and microbiome in pathogenesis of diseases; Neurodegenerative diseases; Stroke and vascular dementia; Metabolic & depressive disorders; Stem cells in development & diseases |
Gregory Cheng | Professor | Immune thrombocytopenia; Immune thrombocytopenia; Leukemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Thombosis; Transfusion medicine. |
Luo Pei | Associate Professor | Living cell image technology for innovative drug research; Molecular targeting and treatment mechanisms of TCM on ischemic heart disease; Mitochondrial dynamics mechanism in hypoxia cardimyocyte. |
Law Yuen Kwan | Associate Professor | Cellular regulation and signaling of autophagy; Molecular mechanisms that underlie autophagy and neurodegenerative diseases; Novel drug discovery from Chinese medicinal herbs for neurological disorders. |
Wu Qiang | Associate Professor | Stem cell biology; Epigenetics. |
Wu Jian Lin | Associate Professor | Determination of target components in different samples using LC-MS and LC-MSNMR; Integrated analytical approach of metabolomics and proteomics for mechanism study of Chinese medicines. |
Xu You Hua | Associate Professor | Herbal Pharmacology; Molecular Pharmacology; Diabetic Research |
Wang Ling | Associate Professor | Public Health; Nutrition; Food Science. |
Daniel Baptista-Hon | Associate Professor | Cancer Biology; Pharmacology; Neuroscience; Cardiac Physiology; Translational Medicine; Ion Channels; Opioid Analgesics; Patch-clamp Electrophysiology. |
Zhong Tian | Associate Professor | Applications of biomaterials and nanotechnology in food and pharmacy, functional activities and synergies of natural extracts, etc. |
Olivia Monteiro | Assistant Professor | Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Behavioural Neuroscience; Pre-clinical Drug Discovery; Rodent Models; In vitro and in vivo Electrophysiology. |
Yu Xi | Assistant Professor | Laboratory Medicine; Immunology; Clinical Trial of Medicines. |
Wang Xiao Lin | Assistant Professor | Novel drugs/gene delivery systems; Biomaterials. |
Wong Io Nam | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; DNA Damage Repair. |
Simon Mok | Assistant Professor | Immunology; Autoimmune Diseases; Neuroinflammation; Proteinopathy. |
* Remark: Part-time supervisors should jointly supervise doctoral students with teachers from our school.
