Post-graduate Studies
Prospective Supervisors for Research Postgraduate Students
Specialty | |
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Professor SWK CHENG | Vascular disease and surgery |
Professor KM CHU | Gastroduodenal surgery |
Professor A KWONG | Breast cancer and surgery |
Professor B LANG | Endocrine surgery |
Professor SYK LAW | Esophageal surgery |
Dr. DCC FOO | Colorectal surgery |
Professor GKK LEUNG | Neurosurgery |
Professor ACY CHAN | Liver transplantation |
Professor K MAN | Liver graft injury and liver cancer |
Professor ESW NGAN | Stem Cells, Singalling, Developmental Biology |
Professor KKY WONG | Paediatric surgery |
Dr. VLY CHOW | Head and Neck surgery |
Dr. WK AU | Cardiothoracic surgery |
Dr. VLY CHOW | Plastic and reconstructive surgery |
Dr. B HO | Urology |
Dr. BYH WONG | Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat) |
Dr. VCH LUI | Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Transgenic and knockout mice |
Breast Cancer
- Breast cancer genetics, biomarkers and translational research
- Epidemiological and psychosocial studies in breast disease
- Oncological clinical trials
Contact Person:
Professor A. Kwong
Tel: 2255 4773
Fax: 2817 2291
E-mail: avakwong@hku.hk
Colorectal Surgery
- Metastasis and chemoresistance of colorectal cancer
Contact Person:
Dr. D.C.C. Foo
Tel: 2255 4389
Fax: 2872 8425
E-mail: ccfoo@hku.hk
Endocrine Surgery
- Clinicopathologic studies of thyroid carcinoma
- Cycloxygenase in thyroid carcinoma
- VEGF-C, p16, CDK4 and TGFa in thyroid cancer
- Ret-PTC oncogene expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Thyroid cancer genetics, biomarkers and translational research
- Epidemiological and psychosocial studies in thyroid diseases
Contact Person:
Professor B. Lang
Tel: 2255 4232
Fax: 2817 2291
E-mail: blang@hku.hk
Esophageal and Gastric Cancers
- Animal cancer models
- Treatment resistance mechanism
- New biomarkers and treatments
- Epigenetic studies
- Bioimaging
Contact Person (Esophageal cancer):
Professor S.Y.K. Law
Tel: 2255 4774
Fax: 2819 4221
E-mail: slaw@hku.hk
Contact Person (Gastric cancer):
Professor K.M. Chu
Tel: 2255 4637
Fax: 2819 4221
E-mail: chukm@hku.hk
Head and Neck Cancers/ ENT
- Epigenetics
- Immunology
- Biological therapy
Contact Person (Head and Neck Cancer):
Dr. V.L.Y. Chow
Tel: 2255 2208
Fax: 2818 3780
E-mail: cly329@ha.org.hk
Contact Person (ENT):
Dr. B.Y.H. Wong
Tel: 2255 2208
Fax: 2818 3780
E-mail: wongyhb@ha.org.hk
Liver Transplantation and Liver Regeneration
- Immune-mediated liver injury during liver transplantation
- Marginal graft injury during liver transplantation
- Biomarker, mechanism and treatment on disease recurrence after liver transplantation
- Mechanism and therapeutic implication of liver regeneration
Liver Cancer
- Mechanism of hepatitis B virus infection
- New biomarkers and treatments for liver cancer
- Carcinogenesis, metastasis and chemoresistance of liver cancer
- Cancer immunology
- Next generation sequencing studies of liver cancer
Contact Person:
Professor K. Man
Tel: 3917 9646
E-mail: kwanman@hku.hk
Neurology
- Neuro-regenerative therapy
- Neurotrauma
- Malignant brain tumor
Contact Person:
Professor G.K.K. Leung
Tel: 2255 3368/ 2255 3773
Fax: 2818 4350
E-mail: gilberto@hku.hk
Molecular mechanistic study of developmental disorders and cancers commonly found in child
- Molecular genetic study of Hirschsprung's disease and other related neurocristopathies
- Molecular study of enteric nervous system development
- Neural crest stem cells Biology
- Molecular genetic study of anorectal malformations
- Cancer study and therapy
- Molecular genetic study of biliary atresia
- Tumor stem/initiating cells
- Nanomedicine in wound healing and regeneration
Contact Person:
Dr V.C.H. Lui
Tel: 3917 9607
Fax: 2819 9621
E-mail: vchlui@hku.hk
And
Professor K.K.Y. Wong
Tel: 2255 4850
Fax: 2817 3155
E-mail: kkywong@hku.hk
Urology Cancer
- Mechanisms of tumorigenesis
- Epigenetic studies
- Next generation sequencing studies
- Biomarkers for renal cell cancers
- Treatment for prostate cancer disease
Contact Person:
Dr. A. Ng
Tel: 2255 4310
Fax: 2872 8425
E-mail: ntl188@ha.org.hk
Departmental Requirements:
Students are required to attend and present at departmental research meetings and research laboratory meetings.
DRPC Chairperson:
Professor K Man
E-mail: kwanman@hku.hk