Supervisors for the program of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences
Full-time Supervisors |
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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. |
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 |
Assistant Professor |
Cancer Biology; Pharmacology; Neuroscience; Cardiac Physiology; Translational Medicine; Ion Channels; Opioid Analgesics; Patch-clamp Electrophysiology. |
Li Xinzhi |
Assistant Professor |
Unsaturated fatty acid signaling pathway; Obesity-associated chronic inflammation; Communication between perivascular adipocytes and other cells in the cardiovascular diseases; Drug development for anti-inflammation. |
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. |
Zhong Tian |
Assistant Professor |
Food Science. |
Wang Xiao Lin |
Assistant Professor |
Novel drugs/gene delivery systems; Biomaterials. |
Wong Io Nam |
Assistant Professor |
Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; DNA Damage Repair. |
Hou Pan Pan |
Assistant Professor |
Ion channel gating and modulation mechanism; Ion channel function in health and disease; Drug screening targeting ion channels. |
Simon Mok |
Assistant Professor |
Immunology; Autoimmune Diseases; Neuroinflammation; Proteinopathy. |
Yang Yang |
Assistant Professor |
Mitochondrial protein homeostasis; Neurological and metabolism diseases modeling. |
* Remark: Part-time supervisors should jointly supervise doctoral students with teachers from our school.